three days, four nights

As the Earth finished yet another lap around the sun we had the privilege of being the merging point for seven members of our extended family; fathers, mothers, husbands and wives, sons, daughters, sisters and brothers, cousins, aunt, uncle, nephew and niece all playing, hiking, eating, laughing, and sleeping together. 

How blessed we are. 

Arrivals were staggered so the first night our count was only three but by mid-day on Saturday our numbers reached seven. 

We toured our Indiana family 'round the homestead as this was their first visit. 

  
Then we packed them up and traveled a couple miles down the road to our neighborhood tourist attraction, Goldfield Ghost Town. 

Day one concluded with the first of several battles for dominance in the card game Rook. 

 

 

 Stay tuned for day two and three of our adventures.