Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten: Family Reunion

It was a very cold morning the day of the reunion. Everyone was wearing either a sweater a jacket. Mama put the two pumpkin pies in the van, and buckled the little ones in. Soon, everyone was in the car, and they pulled out of the driveway. They passed country farms and houses until they reached the Ferrier’s house!

“We are here!” they all shouted. They were finally there, at the family reunion. And everyone was so excited, even the parents.

They all ran out of the van hugging a cousin and greeting them warmly. “You are finally here. And the day finally came!” some voices said.

Soon, Grandpa and Grandma came. And they hugged everyone, and kissed their children. Everyone was having so much fun already!

Lucy, a nice girl of sixteen, cut up watermelon for everyone. It was cold, juicy, and refreshing. Aunt Michele had hot cider on the stove in a pot. And everybody scooped some in their cup. It was so hot and good, with its crisp smell and good taste. They all laughed and chatted while drinking or eating snacks. Uncle John cooked sausages on the grill it was so good and hot.

Soon it was pumpkin carving time!

There were three tables outside to carve on. And everybody set their pumpkins on them.

The Ferrier’s dog Jack came up and let the little ones pet him and laugh.

Mama helped Rosie make carve her pumpkin. She said she wanted the face to have pretty eyelashes with a smile, and a triangle nose. And when Mama started carving it, she said: “Yeah, like that Mama!” And Mama gave her a big smile.

She carved the eyes and then eyelashes, the smile, and last she did the nose.

Rosie was very happy with it. “Thank you Mama! I love it!” she said.

Evelyn made a scared face with a mouth wide open. And Sarah carved a sad face with eyes looking sad.

Soon there were pumpkins everywhere set on one table, looking sad, scared, or scary. And everyone looked at them gazely.

All the children then played Indians. It was a tradition for them to do it every year. And they face painted, some kids painted stripes or pictures.

They had a lot of fun chasing everyone around, and capturing them. Almost all the girls were the Indian, and there were some boy Indians. And there were a few white men that were all boys.

The white men made plans to capture some of the Indians. And sometimes it worked, and the other Indians had to try and get them back.

They played for about an hour until Aunt Michele called them for a dinner of stew. It was very hot, warming, and good. And Aunt Michele made rolls to go with it. Everyone thought it was so good. Aunt Michele was a very good cook.

After everyone finished their stew, all the aunts helped serve pie for everyone. There was pumpkin pie and apple pie. And the air was filled with crisp pie smells.

A lot of people went to pick some apples after eating pie. Evelyn and Helen took some of the little ones to go pick some.

When it got dark, Uncle John made a huge blazing fire and everyone sat around it, getting warm. Some of them eat pie while watching, too. But some of them were sad because it was ending so soon.

Soon people started to leave and say good-bye. And so did The Davis’s. They hugged each other good-bye and went into the van. The children were sad that they were leaving, but had smiles on their faces because they had such a wonderful time.