History

This past weekend, we celebrated the life of my aunt Betty. The girls and I traveled to Oklahoma for the funeral while Wes was out of town for work. We arrived at my parents house on Friday and saw my uncle Tony and aunt Kathy. That evening, we had dinner with my sister and her family.

On Saturday, we woke up early and headed to Vici, OK and Camargo, OK. The two towns hold a lot of history for my family. My mom was from Vici and my dad from Camargo. The two towns are about 10 miles from each other and everybody knows everybody. My grandpa Cox and aunt Betty both taught at the Camargo school.

For lunch, the First Christian Church (and only church) in Camargo had lunch for the family. It was a very delicious lunch. The ladies who made lunch were great cooks and had all kinds of comfort foods. It was a good old fashion pot luck!  It was a nice time to visit with family. 

Angie and cute baby Dawson

Gracie playing with the toys at the church

My sister, Laura

My cousin Logan and his girlfriend Angelina

My aunt Kathy

Uncle Tony and Angelina

The cousins

Did I mention there was about a foot of snow left from the blizzard?

My brother-in-law Paul who hates to have his picture taken

Lizzie and her "Ear Mouses", don't know where she came up with that

Every time we go back to Vici and Camargo, I notice the same thing. My family is intertwined with those two towns.  It is part of my history although I never lived there. My dad was one of six kids and my mom has a brother. I enjoyed hearing the people who live there talk about how they knew either my dad, my mom or one of my aunts or uncles. My aunt taught for many years so a lot of them knew her. People seemed to know all about me even though I didn't know them. It was very comforting.

Because of the history and her being a teacher, her funeral had a full house. It was a lovely service, one that I think she would have liked. It's still sinking in for me that she's gone. Its hard losing someone that you knew your entire life and held such a special place in your heart.