Wofford Women II (WW2)

This is the second time that all of the women on my mom's side of the family have gotten together. Once again, the party has been held at my aunt & uncle's (Judy "Nanny" & Hal), lakehouse in Kingsland, Texas--outside Austin. Of course there are many representatives missing, but we all stem from my mom's maternal grandparents: married in or blood, we are all a part of the group (Carrie is close enough to go ahead and call her family!).

On Thursday, April 3, I flew from Richmond to Atlanta and met up with my mom and Carrie in Atlanta and flew to Houston. There, we met up with Elisa Beth and jumped on another plane to Austin. We got to spend the night at my aunt and uncle's wonderful house the top of a big hill in the middle of Texas hill country. The property is full of character with Mesquite and Cedar trees all over the grounds, a "little house" that Nanny continues to see clients, a "little chapel", a barn and a wonderful home with lots of full size window seats you can sleep on, beautiful stacked stone and stone floors (from before it became popular) and breathtaking views of the Austin skyline from almost every room in the house.
Friday morning, we slept in and then headed to Kingsland....making a pit-stop in Marble Falls to eat at the Blue Bonnet Cafe to have great homestyle food and wonderful pie. Jill joined us to eat and then we came to the lakehouse. My first cousin, Brad, dropped off his wife, Rachel and youngest son, 8 month old Max then headed with 2 older sons, Matthew and Weston to stay with my uncle Hal at the house. It was great to get to see them, if only for a very short time. Of course we have had a wonderful time with the baby! With both me and my sister-in-law, Elisa being pregnant (due at the end of October!), there was lots of pregnancy talk too.

On Saturday we were joined by my other cousin, David's wife, Annette and more of my mom's female first cousins: Kathy, Molly, and Sarah. Hannah and Anna joined us and wonderful representatives of Generation 5. John (another first cousin) blessed us with his presence for several hours around dinner.

Hannah and Anna have a priceless friendship and fit in perfectly. They entertained themselves most of the time and graced us with a fashion show on Saturday night! Themes ranged from "Sweet & Sassy" to "Swimwear". It was great!


It is now Sunday morning and we are all packing up and getting ready to head out. Nanny has been the most wonderful hostess and I'm glad she has planned for/allowed herself and extra night here at the lake by herself to wind down.

A great time has been had by all and I am so thankful to be related to so many wonderful women. Those that were absent were truly missed and hopefully we'll be able to get together (with the boys too) in the near future.

Now I must pack the computer too. :)