Twenty years ago, on Sept. 2, our youngest child was born. To celebrate, our whole family came for an outdoor supper.

We are a total of 31 now. Son-in-law Dustin broasted chicken and made french fries in his double-basket deep fryer. We set up tables in the yard by our walk-out basement and ate out there.

We had a campfire going, which felt really good when the sun went down. The children enjoyed gathering sticks and anything they could find so they could throw them in the fire. We caught a few using extra napkins so that they could throw them in the fire and watch them burn. Ha, ha!

Most of them stayed here for the night, except Daniel Ray and Verena, who left after supper to go to his parents’ for the night. They had plans to gather at Daniel Ray’s uncle and aunt’s on Monday. Joseph a

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