Family Reunion

Day 3- Family Reunion

We were up very early on Saturday. We were all going to caravan to Skowhegan for Grampy's grave service, and follow with a family reunion.

It was a good drive, and the kids were starting to become weary of the car, and all the travel. Not too mention the weather. We stopped at one point for Asa and Mason to use the facilities at a local country store, but upon finding there were none, the used nature's instead. Gotta love Maine.

The service was short, and Coen was fussy, so I stepped to the back with him, so that Martin could absorb everything. The Buteau family is so resilient, and there were light moments- including when Lucas almost sat on the urn box. Could've been bad, but we all chuckled about it.

Afterward, we drove a good ways to Susan's house. Mason was thrilled to see her above-ground pool (there's lots of those up there, too), and ready to hop in right away. Martin and Mason jumped in, and Coen and I sought out shade. We had forgotten our stroller at Suzi's but fortunately, Tobey and Micki loaned us a spare one. Otherwise, it would've really been a long day toting him around in the heat. Suzi was worse off, though, being pregnant.

One thing I noticed was that people couldn't talk about Martin's Mom, Lorraine, without tearing up. The talk about her was so positive, and she's left an undeniable void behind. Everyone talked about how she was the "family historian". It was nice to be around all the people that will always remind Martin of her.

Sean, Suzanne, Martin and I decided to head out earlier than everyone else, because the kids were just worn out, and melting down. They all three were out seconds after we got in the car, and they slept almost the whole 1 1/2 hours back to Gorham. We would find that the whole week would be this packed, with the kids dropping into bed at night... exhausted from all the excitement.