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Jul. 5th, 2013 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogMy parents and my brother Timothy all walked down to the lake shore to watch Kenosha's fireworks display. Prior to setting out, I asked them to pose for a photograph. As well as having few photos of myself, I don't have as many of the people who are close to me as I'd like either. This one makes me happy to look at.
Family Photo for the Fourth!
Copyright Stormdog 2013
From left to right, we have myself, my mother, my father, and my brother Timothy. My brother James, unfortunately, was not at the house. Most likely, he was at his girlfriend's place. I'll have to see if we can get a photo with him in it some time soon.
Anyway, the evening was wonderful. The fireworks were nice, but just spending a rare evening with my family, talking and enjoying each other's company was even better. After the fireworks ended, we walked back to the house where I dropped off my camera gear, then the four of us walked back out to Shirl's, a nearby local ice cream and food place on Sheridan Road, where I had that milkshake I've been craving since having my tooth extracted. The classic rock on the soundsystem made the scene feel like a slightly anachronistic slice of past small-town America, even though the rational part of my brain knew better. My parents talked a bit about their time at college at NIU, and about going to Gen-Con when it was at UW-Parkside and I was still in utero.
The experience made me feel both connected to my family and connected to my community. My dad and I talked about watching another baseball game this summer at Simmons Field (a minor league park that once hosted All American Girls Professional Baseball League games with our hometown team the Kenosha Comets), and we all noted how nice time spent together was. After getting home, my dad talked about possibly running a roleplaying game for folks at the house using the Fate system that he's been reading through. Something informal and unscheduled so we don't feel stressed by a time commitment. That would be really cool, actually.
Anyway, it's quite late for me and I'm getting tired. I think I'll post one more photo and head off to bed. I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether it's a holiday for your country or not.
Family Photo for the Fourth!
Copyright Stormdog 2013
From left to right, we have myself, my mother, my father, and my brother Timothy. My brother James, unfortunately, was not at the house. Most likely, he was at his girlfriend's place. I'll have to see if we can get a photo with him in it some time soon.
Anyway, the evening was wonderful. The fireworks were nice, but just spending a rare evening with my family, talking and enjoying each other's company was even better. After the fireworks ended, we walked back to the house where I dropped off my camera gear, then the four of us walked back out to Shirl's, a nearby local ice cream and food place on Sheridan Road, where I had that milkshake I've been craving since having my tooth extracted. The classic rock on the soundsystem made the scene feel like a slightly anachronistic slice of past small-town America, even though the rational part of my brain knew better. My parents talked a bit about their time at college at NIU, and about going to Gen-Con when it was at UW-Parkside and I was still in utero.
The experience made me feel both connected to my family and connected to my community. My dad and I talked about watching another baseball game this summer at Simmons Field (a minor league park that once hosted All American Girls Professional Baseball League games with our hometown team the Kenosha Comets), and we all noted how nice time spent together was. After getting home, my dad talked about possibly running a roleplaying game for folks at the house using the Fate system that he's been reading through. Something informal and unscheduled so we don't feel stressed by a time commitment. That would be really cool, actually.
Anyway, it's quite late for me and I'm getting tired. I think I'll post one more photo and head off to bed. I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether it's a holiday for your country or not.
