The Houben Family: Family Reunion at the Beach

My Dad's side of the family has started a family reunion in remembrance of our greatly missed Grandma Kursave. She was always the one to get everyone together at least once a year. Now that she is gone it is up to those she left behind to continue the card playing, laughing and over eating! My Uncle Bud and Aunt Barbara hosted the reunion at their beautiful house in Long Beach, Washington. We didn't actually get to the beach. Ty had way too much fun with his cousins to even ask to go and we were happy to sit and visit. Oh, and of course play cards. My Dad's side of the family has always played card games. Christmas, Birthdays, 4th of July parties, you name it and there will be cards. And I can't forget the dice. My Grandma had a game called 5,000 ( we also called it ziltch ) that we would play for hours. All you do is role 6 dice and get different combinations of numbers that give various points but it was and is so addicting. Many memories of my Grandmother were spent mostly at her table playing all of those fun games.
Anyway, back to the subject, we had a ton of fun reuniting with family and meeting new ones that have come since our last reunion. This was for you Grandma - we miss you so very much.