Mini Jones Family Reunion

We had a gathering of Joneses at Hidy and Gigi's house on Sunday. Bev was in from Georgia, Roy A., Trish and Jordan came from Abilene, Mike, Chrys, Oliver and new baby Truett came from Garland, Jennifer from Dallas and then the rest of my family of origin and their families from the area. It was great to see everyone. Mason loves to hold babies. Here he is holding baby Truett.
After lunch and some outdoor play - the kids and a few adults went for a swim. The water is too cold for me now, so I along with some other adults opted for watching from the side of the pool.


This is the 4 siblings from Paducah, TX. From Left: Roy A., Beverly, Harvey, and Jennifer.


While by the pool, Mason hopped out to jump in and stepped on a Bee that stung the bottom of his foot. He screamed in pain as we tried to get the stinger out and put some ointments on his foot. Sweet Carmen, very concerned, went in and promptly wrote Mason a letter.

On the cover or the back the way she folded it, it says "I hope you feel Better Mason
sorry about the foot
love your cosin Carmen"



The inside reads: "Dear Mason
im sorry about your foot and it must really hurt. and I don't know if it was a bee or a wasp. if my dad could find the sting, it probly would have felt a little or a lot better. im relly sorry. I love you Mason know matter what. but the Lord made animals to protect themselves. that bee was scared that he was going to be stepd on. so he had a stinger to protect him or her im sorry
Love Carmen"
This is the gang of 2005 babies! That sat together for a photo op and sang a few songs together.
As you can imagine - pretty hard to get them all smiling at once. If you are wondering about the blanket -- this is after the swim-- they were a little cold in the house after having wet hair. Maya had the blanket first (she was freezing) and shared it with all the other little ones.