Saturday was the annual Smith Family Christmas in Young Harris, Ga – the one Sunday every year when I get to visit with my Smith cousins. Zollie and I met in Gaffney – not our original plan, but I had given him bad directions, so he missed the Earl exit. And he got in my car and we headed to Lavonia to meet Sherri – after we were talking and drove right past the exit, and had to turn around. Sher got in our car, and we only missed one turn on the way to Sharp Memorial United Methodist Church, so we got to drive right straight through Helen. The day was wonderful. I got this picture of as much of the group as I could while we were praying before we ate.
As always, we finished up the day making various family group pictures, and I loved the way this one of Aunt Nita with the members of her family that could be there turned out. Such a special day. And then we headed home, and ran into crazy snow until we got out of the mountains. Then it was serious rain, sometimes mixed with snow, until we all got to our respective homes. But we all arrived home safe and sound, and it was, as always,just such a special time to be together.
