Hudson Family Reunion

 The Hudson family has not really had a chance to get together since Great-Grandpa died in 2018.  All of the grandchildren are so spread apart and stay so busy with so many great-grandchildren to care for.  This family really exploded since the first great-grandchild, Evan, was born in 2007.  Sadly, Evan could not attend the reunion because he was at the U.S. Naval Academy.  We all enjoyed reminiscing about old times and catching up on new times. Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Hudson really influenced all of their children and grandchildren and taught them the importance of family.  Blood is thicker than water, you know! 

Getting this large crew in one picture was no easy feat.  Great-Grandpa and Grandma were smiling down from heaven, I know. 

The Hudson Grandchildren minus one (Aaron). 

The Hudson Great-Grandchildren, minus 3 (Evan, Luke & Lydia). 

Just a little flashback to how these Hudson grandkids have grown over the years.  This picture was taken shortly before Grandma Mattie passed away. 

Rowena with her children

Rowena with her children and grandchildren (minus Evan)

Aunt Dava with her family

Aunt Homa is always so happy when she can get her family all together.  They all live so far apart. 

Uncle Matthew's wife and children

Uncle Matthew's whole big family

Aunt Homa's big family

These two cousins and best buds really missed one another.  They are so much alike and both love gaming and wrestling. 

Cousins Brody and Grady

Eddie and his cousin Marian.  We don't get to see Marian very often because she live in New York with her family. 

Me and cousin Jason.  Jason is like a brother to Eddie and was in our wedding and there for some of our kids' births. He's a special dude. 

He always loved teasing and making his younger cousin Cecilia laugh. 

Maggie and her little cousin Abigail were like twins.  They both have soft fine blondish red curls, petite little figures, and snaggle tooth little smiles. 

Eddie and cousin David have a lot in common too. 

Hudson is always a fun cousin to have around.  He is a lot like our oldest son, Evan.  He also changed his mind about going to a military academy and majored in engineering. 

Me and Aunt Homa are kind of like mother and daughter.  I have loved her since I first met her in the summer of 2000. 

The girls...Naomi, me and Christy. 

Eddie was entertaining the family with some of his many stories. He definitely got Great-Grandpa's gift of gab.  Haha!  I guess he should have been a preacher. 

A Day at the Beach ~ July 2025

With all of our busyness, we needed a relaxing day at the beach.  I know, relaxing doesn't usually apply to our beach days with so many little ones.  We attempted to visit a less busy and crowded beach on Edisto Island, and although the weather wasn't the best, we still managed to have some fun.  There is a nice state park on the island that provides all the necessary facilities that families with kids require.  It is about a 3 hour drive for us to this island so it is nice to get cleaned up before making the long drive home because it is often so late when we get home that the kids are just ready for bed.  I like to take some body wash so the kids can shower off and put on clean dry clothes before we head for home.  

Here is our fun cloudy day at the beach before the kids started back to school. Despite the cloudy start to the day, the sun did come out, and we all got a decent sunburn to show for it. Miss Maggie found a cool shell with a hole in it that we used to take some interesting beach pictures.

   

The boys made a barrier with their boogie boards when the wind picked up.  They stayed like that for a while.  

Brody doesn't swim as much as he used to and has become the reclusive teenager like his older brother.  He sat up on the dunes with his phone and didn't even acknowledge the birds flying right over his head. 

  

When the sun came out, it was beautiful!