Family Gathering

Hello all,

Today was a busy day for the Scott family. We were all up early and headed off to bowling as normal. The kids bowled well and won their match against some mighty tough competition! Congratulations kids!

We all loaded into the van and headed North to Randolph for the Brand family gathering that my Aunt Donna and mother coordinated back in September. It was nice to see my cousins that I had not seen in years. My cousin Karen and her husband Col. Kelly made it back from Alabama. Karen and Kelly will be assigned to Ramstein Air force base where Kelly will be a group commander. I visited with them for a while about my time I spent over in the Czech Republic and the places I visited while I was there. I know they will have a great time.

I later visited with my cousins Misty and Arrow from Topeka, KS. Although we only live an hour or so away, we rarely get time to see each other. Well, Misty now lives in San Diego so it is not as easy to visit her.

The highlight of the visit was just sitting down and hearing everyone talk about things that I have never heard of before. I am one of the youngest cousins so many of the stories that were shared happened when I was much younger. I may have been present, but I had no memory of it. So, I sat and listened and laughed. Stories of the girls (my mom's sisters) were everywhere. Someone said they had a picture from 1979 where all of the girls were wearing swimming suites. Of course, no one could produce the picture, but David Bender swears it exists. I'm hoping to get a copy of it so I can post it.

It was soon time to leave and drive back to KC after a long day. We stopped in Hamburg to get a Coke to keep me awake for the trip home. Zac slept the entire drive. Ali dozed off from time to time and I watched the car move down the road on the new Garmin GPS.

I called mom to let her know we made it home safely and walked around the house for a bit to stretch my back. It was soon time for bed. What a long day...

Good night,

-Andy