On October 10, 2009, we had a get-together at our home in the mountains with my Heywood cousins that live in So. Cal.

In attendance were my mother, Janice Bagley, all of my children--Meagan, Christian, Lauren, Emily, Rachel Amanda, Jamie, husband Andrew, son-in-law John Zuniga, my sister Karen, my cousin Dan Stevenson, his wife Anne-Marie, and son Bryce, my cousin Jim Stevenson, wife Pattie, and daughter Megan, my cousin Jannell Hall and her husband Eric and son Jed, and my cousin Christian Heywood who just moved out here from Washington D.C.

We ate traditional family desserts (chocolate cookies and applesauce pinneapple pie) and Cafe Rio salad and build your own burritoes. We watched a video compiled by Uncle Joe of grandpa Heywood's home movies from the 1950's to the 1970's. Anne Marie and Pattie shared family recipes and we made plans to see each other more often. It was a happy day for me.