Family Reunionizing
Hey there friends. Happy Monday! The family reunion was a lot of fun, but I’m happy to be back in civilization with internet, cell phone reception, and my own kitchen.
It was an interesting weekend to say the least. My family is crazy, just like every other family.
Brother, sister in law, me, grandma, mom and dad!
The reunion weekend was named “The Summer of Canned Heat“, denoting both the extreme temperatures, and a tribute to my mom’s cousin, who was apparently married to the drummer of Canned Heat. This led to the watching of a 3 hour documentary about Canned Heat, which, for those are you who are unaware, is apparently “The greatest boogie-blues band of all time”… according to the dvd. I can’t make this stuff up.
I also can’t make up this picture.
The table next to us, at “Mexi-Itali” (yes, a Mexican-Italian restaurant) had a bag of cheese curls to eat with their meal. Oh southern Ohio, how you depress me.
On a more positive note, every year we have a golf tournament in memory of my grandpa, so it’s always fun to see who will get the trophy!
I was armed with my cooler full of yogurt and vegetables, so I managed to survive. I also talked my dad into going to the gym with me, and my 69 year old uncle came too. It was a very cute moment of family bonding. I wish I’d taken a picture. My family has a few health-conscious members… but in general, they’re very… unenthusiastic toward healthy food.
Do you eat like your family?
<3 Liz
I don’t eat at all like my family…Well my mom and I are similar but that’s about it….It’s tough sometimes but worth it when all is said and done!
how fun! such a cute family pic there!! haha- EVERY family is crazy. that makes it so fun though! I would hate to have a normal family.. thatd be so boring!
I totally agree! I’m blessed to have some crazy in the family 😉
Haha, aww, too funny. My family eats FAIRLY healthy. My dad is big on saving money, so we almost never ate out or ate fast food growing up, and always had pretty standard meals. We also never had soda in the house, so I never really got into drinking it all the time, which is good:).
I love that your dad and grandpa went to the gym with you. I am even prouder that you went to the gym for BEAST MODE on your family vacay time. That’s my girl.
Your fam sounds totes adorable. I want to shrink them down, make them into stuffed animals, and carry them with me.
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Is that weird?
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Totally not weird. I mean, if it was someone else, I’d be concerned, but since it’s you… totally normal. 😉
My family doesn’t have family reunions but I wish we did-it would definitely be craaazy but fun! Oh well….glad you had a great weekend 😀
I actually eat very differently than my family, but all of my siblings eat quite strangely. My mom always had trouble cooking family meals because we all like different things lol 🙂
I grew up eating gravy and biscuits, sweet tea, kool-aid, cheetos, pop(aka soda to others), and more junk food than you can imagine. I live in the south if you couldn’t guess already.=clean plate club. However, my 2 brothers and I were never overweight at all. My parents finally decided to get healthy this yr. My mom has lost 30pds and she’s eating healthier and exercising. She used to hate both!! I’m so proud of her. My little brother and I love healthy food, but my older bro eats (lives) off of red meat and chocolate, no joke. Our family has huge health problems on both sides; diabetes, hbp, high cholesterol….so sad. You should do a post/poll on what is appropriate when trying to help overweight family/friends. 🙂
That’s a great idea! Especially because I’m sure people have some great ideas on how to nudge people in the right direction with healthy eating!
Oh families!! I definitely get where you’re coming from..my family loves that I am healthy, but several of them don’t reallyyyy care 😉 haha! at least they are supportive 🙂
yes and no me and my sister eat very similarly apart from she likes her food extremely hot as in spice wise and we have practicably the same taste buds mango addicts and marmite addicts what a combo! my dad eats fast food and chips won’t eat anything foreign and my mum tends to eat similar things to me cause I cook it lol.
Haha yeah it’s been much easier to convince my mom to eat healthy than my dad!
Cheese curls?? Why oh why…
I eat somewhat like my parents due to the love of fresh veggies and fruits. My mom is always calling me about healty foods and such. As for my extended family and n laws – nothing alike. They all eat processed, unhealthy, ridiculous foods!