Thankfully the rest of the vacation went smoothly, mostly because we watched movies the whole time.

We got to grandma's house in New York, at around 6:30. We had made a bunch of stops, which prolonged the trip.
I was still pretending to be mad at the boys, but since our family was never able to hold a grudge, they figured out I was faking.
After what felt liked forever, we pulled into the driveway of my grandmas country home.

The house was not that big, but it still held the memories of my childhood, that as spent with my beloved cousins.
As we pulled in, I spent no time hopping out of the car and running in the house.

Once I get inside I see my grandma at the stove finishing the dinner she had cooked for us.

The smell of stuffing, mashed potatoes, and chicken filled the air.

I ran up to her giving her a big hug.

Grandma wasn't very tall, only a little bit taller that me. All my brothers were taller than her.

She had blackish/grayish hair, and a sweet personality you couldn't do without.

"Hi! Sweetheart how are you?" She asked almost immediately.

"I'm good grandma. Guess what? The boys left me at a gas station!" I said, not wasting anytime getting to that subject.

"Oh they did? That's horrible. So how was the trip?" She asked

"It was okay. Boring, but okay." I say, just as the boys walk in the room carrying the luggage.

"It was nice of you to give us a hand sis." Max says, just before he gives grandma a hug.

Johns the last to give her a hug.

"Hi john! I haven't seen you in a while!" She says cheerfully.
"It's good to see you too grandma!" He says.
John is not actually not her grandson, since he is on my moms side, and my grandma is my dad's mom.

"Well, it looks like supper is done, so let's eat!!" She says.

Everyone quickly sits at the table, anxious to eat some of grandmas homemade meal.

She had made a large chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing (which is my personal favorite), corn, and gravy.
I will just add, it was delicious.

After a while of watching tv, we decided that we should all head to bed.
The one thing about staying at grandmas house is, there is only 1 guest bed. So most of the people are left to sleep in sleeping bags and air mattress, and the couch.

I was stuck sleeping in a sleeping bag (not the most comfortable).

I woke up at about 7:00 am. Today all the cousins were coming over. I was super excited, since I haven't seen my cousins in a long time.
My dad had 4 brothers (boys run in our family)

(Oldest to youngest)
Mike- 2 boys (16, 18) 2 girls (12, 16)
Bobby- 1 boy (20)
David- 1 girl (13) 1 boy (15)
Andy- 3 boys (12, 16, 22)
Will-(Dad) 3 boys (15,18,21) 1 girl (13)
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Grandma started cooking lunch early, since there was gonna be a lot of people at lunch.

We cleaned up our sleeping bags and other sleeping equipment that was set up in the living room.

Not long after 11:00 o'clock, uncle mike  and his clan showed up.
Daniel, uncle mike's 16 year old son, and I are really close.

"Danny!!" I said as I ran up to him.

"Hey girl! How are you?" He says enthusiastically, as I hug him.

"It's so great to see you again! Why don't you ever visit?!?" I ask.

"Well, maybe cause it's a billion hour drive , and why come down there, when you come up here!!" He says jokingly.

"Haha very funny. Anyway, where's Jen?" I say. (Jen is his 12 year old sister.)
"Of she's somewhere around here! Why don't you go find her, and imma go talk to John. I haven't seen him forever!" He says, as I walk off to find Jen.

The rest of the day was a blast, we spent most of the time outside catching up with friends and family. It was like a little family reunion.

The treat of the vacation,which was only 2 more days, consisted of visiting with great uncles and great aunts, and first cousins, and 2nd cousins, and cousins I've never met before. 😀

Before long we were in our way home. The trip back is never as bad as the trip up. For some reason it doesn't seem to take as long.

We got home around 9:00 pm. Even though it wasn't very late, I was still very tired.

But right before I was about to walk into my room, where if drift off to dreamland, Scott stopped me and said...

"Oh yeah Lauren, I forgot to tell you. Next week your going to summer camp."

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Hey guys! Thanks so much for reading!!! :) I hope you guys enjoyed! I will try to update more frequently. But once school starts, it's gonna be hard y'all!!
Well, anyway thanks again!
Love,
Meg