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Dourte's Journal
2004

Texas Family Reunion 2004

March 6, 2004

          March 6, we had our family reunion at Rose's house. We noticed several family traits at this gathering. One of them was the attachment of cameras to the face. This was captured for posterity several times...
Sandy Fields, Darlene Yates, Deb Dourte, Tom Fields, Freddie Lou Fields.
The gang is almost all here!
Mildred Hackradt
Aunt Mildred keeps watch over us all.
Sandy, Darlene and Deb enjoy some munchies.
Snacktime!
Deb and Freddie Lou chat.
(I adore Rose's house!)
It is so hard to get good kitchen help these days!!!
Does it get any closer to what Mama used to make? These are gorgeous!!! And delicious, I guar-ooon-tee!
Is that Menota hugging Deb, or Deb hugging Menota? YES.
Are we a pair? YES. A pair of peas in a pod. Where is Rose?
Deb Dourte, Rose Nau, Menota Edwards
HAPPY peas in a pod.
Rose, Deb and Menota - looked after by big brotherTom Fields.
Deb is so happy, she's yodeling?
Tom, Deb, Carlton Edwards and Freddie Lou.
No, we are not singing Christmas Carols... these are geneologies Mentoa wrote up and brought to share.
Annie and William
Annie and William
Annie and William
Annie and William
Annie and William
Annie and William and Chris
Thomas Edward, Zachary and Thomas Robert
Fields Men
Tom and Sandy with son Tom and Grandson Zach.
Oh boy, Sandy! Fields Family matriarch! (DUCKING!)
Tracy Lynn Edwards Thompson
Tracy

Menota has the "Camera in the face" disease!

Is that a really a camera or are you just happy to see me?
Menota: the redheaded sister

James Ronald Fields, AKA "Ronny"
GEEZE. You were such a RUNT as a kid! (DUCKING!)
Ron and "Aunt Nota"
Now who's the runt???
Darlene and Jay Richard Fields
Darlene and Jay hold down the kitchen counters.
Uh-huh, now Ron has it. It's going around! Camera-itis. Is this the Fields Family Fetish?
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Ron is hiding his behind his back. Annie is somehow managing to resist picking up the one in front of her. How long will she last?
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I need a camera... No! I married into this family, I can resist! I don't carry the gene!
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          After a morning of intense visiting, we enjoyed a delicious meal of bar-b-que, cornbread, beans, and more stuff than we can even remember. It was the best!

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          We spent the afternoon chatting, nibbling and visiting.

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Uh oh. Is this a ritual when the clan gathers? Ear Inspection?
I think we all have two. This is ear-rie! Can you hear me now?

          Before everyone left, we decided to meet for breakfast the following morning. It was too difficult to decide where to meet, so Chris volunteered to cook breakfast for everyone at Rose's house.

Exhausted, Happy Camper. And oh, what a camp out, roughing it at Rose's!
I love my family. I am so glad I got to visit!
Exhausted, we turn in for the day...
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