For the first time since my father died in 2012, we had the entire family above gathered in one place. My two brothers and their families joined my family for dinner last night at Alice’s Supper Club in Iron River. After dinner, we hung out in our garden in our home in Caspian. As you can see from the photo, my brother Jimmer and I are adopted so we have a range of looks and personalities in our family. We had a delightful evening with lots of laughs. Hopefully, it won’t be so long between occasions that we gather together.
We contributed to the $337 million dollars the Barbie movie took in on its opening weekend on Sunday. The closest theatre is an hour drive from Caspian in the town of Quinnesec. Ocean and I wore pink for the occasion. The Barbie doll was first brought to the toy market in 1959 and Mattel has made a lot of money during the more than 50 years of the doll. We had a good discussion of feminism and the struggles of boys and girls to develop themselves and their careers in our world.
I took the boys on a hike on Saturday to the Cooks Run Trail in northwest Iron County. There was not really much to see on the three 1-mile loops besides trees and swamps. We cut the hike short after 2 miles and returned to the car to get away from the mosquitos. We ended up have a refreshing swim in Hagerman Lake, one of my favorite Iron County lakes. I love spending time with Owen, Oliver, Beau, and Tony as young men. We had a lot of laughs! I am looking forward to watching them mature into adults and am curious about what they will do for a living and who they will marry. I am just happy they still like to hang out with me and allow me to tag along.
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