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the royal siebers

these ladies really crack me up. let me introduce you to my mom's girl cousins:
front row: janene, diane, jane, marilyn
back row: pat, rosalie, carolyn, my mom, jeanette
(you are all impressed aren't you - and i didn't have to ask my mom!)

now....let's just say, this is one amazingly funny group of ladies. when i was in high school these cousins starting getting together every other year for a long weekend. they take turns hosting the group. this year, the destination was right here in p-town! my dad was smart enough to head to china, but i was more than eager to spend some time with them.

they arrived on thursday night and from what i hear stayed up late into the night, but were more than eager to set their alarms, don their tiaras and watch the royal wedding. when i joined them for breakfast they were in pj's and beds were still askew. but watch with great glee we did.

they made my mom and i pose for a picture. i like to call her "mum" in this picture! and in case you are wondering...the sweatshirt she has on has all of their names on a denim heart. this had to be from the late 80's, early 90's...but they all wear them every get together!


so this one just makes me laugh because my mom doesn't know she still has her tiara on:)

now, when they get together they have quite the system. they all pick a spot at the table and then that is their seat the whole weekend. i got kicked out of several seats before i found the empty one. they always head out on the town, or surrounding communities. this time around they visited an artsy community/shops, amish flea market, amish restaurant, our church, our farm (although we were gone at the time) and found quite the adventure on a little walk around town.

about that adventure: well to protect their identity...let's just say it involved a 911 call, a mystery, an angry man, several police, fire, and emt's and many giggles in the telling of the tale!

there are so many memories these ladies share. i admit it is kind of weird to see my mom act that way, but i love it all the same. and quite frankly...it is time for my generation of cousins to have our own little get-together!

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Kevin Flick said…
love it! you need to figure out a way to share the adventure story b/c i am so very curious!!!!! :)
May 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM
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