Bellamy Family Breakfast

Growing up I remember loving to attending Bellamy family activities. I have a plethora of  cousins and we would get together once a month for Family Home Evening and for Thanksgivings and Christmas Eves. Christmas Eve's were an adventure. All piling into Nan's living room singing together and anticipating not only the gifts but our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of roast beef sandwiches. As we grew we still pilled into that room though it was a lot harder to fit the meal was still the same.  Of course it came to the point that there were just to many of us to keep getting together and Thanksgivings and Christmas Eves ended as did the Family Home Evenings. 

Though I still saw a few of my cousins now and then the only real contact I had with them was on Facebook or for a few minutes once a year at a larger family reunion. Truth is, I missed my cousins. I liked sharing time with them and talking with them. I liked being able to recall shared memories. So taking the idea from my husband's family I organized the first Bellamy Family breakfast-

We didn't have everyone there but we had quite a few. We ate, talked and the kids even played a few games.

I loved watching my kids get to know my cousin's kids and become good friends.

At the end (after some had left) we took a picture of Nan and all her grandchildren still at the party. I loved watching Matty take to Jessie and not leaving her alone all day. Or Eve coloring with Tori. It was just fun to watch them all.

I enjoyed being able to see my cousins and spending time with them. I can't wait to do it next year.