Jake comes from a HUGE family. He has five brothers and sisters. All together there are 18 grandchildren between all of them. Crazy big!! We all went to Salem for the funeral services for Jake's grandmother. We decided it would be better for all of us if we stayed in a hotel since we had visitation on Sunday evening and funeral on Monday. All six "Wilson kids" and their families stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Salem. Between all of us we had 11 children. At times 11 children can be overwhelming...embarrassing, loud, and obnoxious!! But, lastnight I got a little enjoyment out of having such a huge family.
Jake, Halle and I were enjoying the hot tub with Jake's sister and her boyfriend. The pool area was pretty small and there were at least 6 boys playing pretty rough in the pool while there mothers were all sitting enjoying their alcholoic beverages. Everything was fine until Halle decided she was finished with the hot tub. She wanted to walk around. The boys were throwing balls at eachother and getting really close to Halle. They could have turned their game the other direction to keep it safe for her...but they kept on. And their Mothers were not paying a bit of attention to what was going on.
So, I told Jake's sister how it would be hilarious once our crew made it down to the pool. I was pretty certain we could run anybody out of ANYPLACE! Ha ha...so his sister says, "I'll go tell them to hurry up and get down here." So, she does...and about 2 minutes later the first kid entered the pool area. He took off running and jumped right in the middle of the pool...totally cleared the rope!! Soon after the rest of them trickled in...It wasn't 10 seconds...literally...and we cleared the entire pool area! I couldn't help but get a little enjoyment out of it...
Big families may be a bit overwhelming at times...but in times like these they come in awful handy!! ;)
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