They say the family that plays together stays
together.
This saying is definitely true when it comes to
my father’s side of the family, the Murphy’s.
This weekend was the annual Murphy Family Reunion in College Station/Bryan;
it’s held every third weekend in July.
This was the hubs, bambina, and my second year attending. Here is a picture of my brothers and sisters
from my father’s side of the family.
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| James Jr. (T), Eric, Bernard, Me, Dorena, Jarlene |
Although I wasn’t raised around this side of my
family, we have come together and bonded like we have always been in each
other’s lives. It was just me growing
up; I was an only child on my mother’s side and while it had it’s advantages, I
was kinda lonely! The good thing is
that I now have all the brothers, sister, cousins, nieces and nephews that I
always wanted!
Since there were so many years when we weren’t together, we’ve decided to not waste any more time and fully embrace being one big (and I do mean big) happy family!
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| Just a small fraction of the family. |
This was definitely another successful family
reunion and I look forward to maaaaaany more years of these annual summer
get-togethers in one of my favorite places of the world!
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| View from one side of campus. |
We arrived in College Station On Friday afternoon and went straight to lunch with
one of my favorite family’s ever: Rachel, one of my girlfriends from this group, her husband Luis, and their precious son!
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| Rachel, Luis, and their handsome boy! |
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| Friends for twelve years! |
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| Primos (cousins)! |
After lunch we got checked into the hotel and
rested up because the Fish Fry started at 6:00pm at a park in Bryan. After the fish fry we came back to the
hotel, I went for a night run on campus and then we went and hung out by the
pool with the family.
Saturday morning I got up and went for an early
morning run around campus again. This
time, I went all the way down University Drive to the Northgate area, which is
right across the street from the dorm I lived in the first two years in
school. I ran 3.5 miles but took it way
easy because I was stopping along the way to take pictures.
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| View from University Drive. |
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| Saw this view everyday because I lived in the first dorm on the right (Hobby Hall). |
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| Administration and Meteorology buildings. |
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| Kyle Field (on the left) from afar! |
I came back, got cleaned up and met my brother
for breakfast. Is there anything better
than hotel waffles?!?! There’s just
something about that turn over waffle iron!
My home-made waffles never quite come out like that!
After breakfast, I took a nap with the hubs and
our little one and then we got ready to go the Lincoln Recreation Center for
the bar-b-que. It was the perfect
place, since we had picnic tables set up for everyone to eat at and the gym
area where the kids played for the entire day.
Well, not just the kids because at one point there were dodge
ball games where my brother and husband joined in on the fun!
We enjoyed lots of delicious food and family time
where we all sat around and got caught up on the past year’s activities and
happenings. It was nice to see
everyone, including some new faces that we hadn’t gotten to meet last
summer.
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| Eboni (neice), myself, Shar (cousin). |
There was no early-morning run for me the next
morning, however! I was too tired
because all of the weekend’s excitement and movement finally caught up with
me. We all met at our annual
meet-before-heading-out place, my cousins’ Blynthia and Chuck’s house. We had summer sausage, cheese and crackers
and got our last chats in before we all headed our separate ways.
From the lunch with one of our favorite families
on Friday, to the reunion and family time on Saturday and Sunday, overall it
was a beautiful weekend! If the saying
is true, and the family that plays together stays together, then this family is
one that will definitely continue to prosper for many years to come. J
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