Family Connections

This past Saturday we drove up to Gordon, NE, to attend the wedding of Eric's cousin, Katrina. On the way up, I asked Eric to remind me of all Joyce's kids names, so I wouldn't feel stupid if one of them said hi and I didn't realize who they were! So he names off 4 names, Don Jr., Courtney, Katrina and Dominic. I sat there for a minute and then asked if there weren't 5 kids. He went over the names again, and said no. When we got to our hotel, we ran into Eric's niece and her family. He asked Melony how many kids Joyce had and she said 5. Gee, I thought there were 5!!!! He'd forgotten his cousin, Torrie. After the wedding, we were all standing outside when the wedding party came out. Eric hugged Torrie and said, "Geez, I haven't seen you in forever.", as I muttered under my breath, "because you forgot she exisited"! Then he told me that Katrina called him "Dave", which is Eric's older brother. By this time, cousin Nikki stated that maybe we should have a family reunion so we can get to know family members again! Anyway, at the reception, Torrie brought her boyfriend over to introduce us to him, when she got to Eric, she introduce him as "my godparent".....Eric turned bright red and Melony, Cody and I busted out laughing. Not only did he forget her, he forgot she was a godchild!!!! We told her the whole story, after which he asked if she had college that needed to be paid for! He did end up buying her drinks for her the rest of the night and I took a couple of pictures of them, which I told her I would frame and write underneath...."Torrie, godchild". We did have a nice time, and got reaquainted with family!