Friday I got a call from my cousin Stanley in Utah. He said his sister, Bertha Robison, a first cousin, and her husband were visiting her daughter, Brenda Farris (who would be my second cousin) not far from me in Gilbert. I called to see if we could meet and we planned a rendez-vous point at a mall near the airport on Monday a couple hours before their departure.
I have four cousins in the valley from another one of my dad's other siblings so I sent messages inviting them to join us.
On Monday my cousin Aldo Schritter came with his wife so that our mini family reunion (although I don't know that it can be a "re" union if you never had a first union) had three first cousins and two second cousins meeting for the first time.
Bertha had some pictures, most I had seen before however there were a couple new pictures including a wedding portrait of my grandparents. I made copies of the three CDs we recorded of my dad telling stories from his childhood and gave a set to Bertha and Aldo. They were pleased with the gift (thanks Betsy for transferring the recordings from cassette tape to CDs). I listened to one of the story CD's as I drove to the mall. So fun to hear my dad's voice interacting with the little ones and telling his favorite stories.
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I need an explanation about the title...?
Title is a play on famous Abbot and Coestello act....Who's on First
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Our conversation about first and second cousins and how am I related to so and so made me think of this skit.
Gotcha.
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