Family Reunion Gifts

"If you want to be more like Mom and Dad, kids, you've got to start pounding down those Shirley Temples."

Jimmy, Sixth-Generation Pain in the Ass.

Family working together

'Wow! What graphics!'

What They Brought to the Table

'What the... MOM! This isn't deer! It's a yucky tourist again!!'

"Mom, Dad - I'm adopted, aren't I?"

Fun (circa 1955)

"It's your grandparents, claiming their visitation rights."

Every barbecue has its winners and losers.

"Same old, same old - Les took an arrow in the kidney, the kids all have Lyme disease, and Emily was nailed by an S.U.V."

"Looking good, looking good...Now, on the count of three, everybody say 'HEADLIGHTS'!"

'So Grandma's arrived then.'

The apartment 5-J Film Festival.

'You followed the recipie but it's missing the secret ingredient: Mom.'

'Here's a picture of my mom before Photoshop!'

'It's our 10 year plan.'

At times Richard dreaded coming home, as he knew he'd have to face the music.

Post-pandemic Hugging Refresher Class

"They always bring a camera. They keep hoping I'll do something interesting."

"Hey, would you mind taking a quick sculpture of me and my family?"

"Your mother and I think it's time you got a place of your own. We'd like a little time alone before we die."

'You were a band geek?! Maybe Max will play an instrument!'

'Some days I curse that IVF treatment.'

Ingredients for a successful family dinner

'Where's the dog?'

'We're your family... please don't audit us.'

"That's my mum and her boyfriend's the one next to my dad who's behind his girlfriend next to his second wife, just behind my mums first husband."

'Is it just my imagination, or do we have a lot more relatives now that we're throwing a tailgate party?'

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

Welsh airport arrivals.

Family Time

'Oh God I hope that bunch of rednecks aren't waving at me!'

'Well he didn't get it from my side of the family'.

"It was a long afternoon with granddad. I got five 'I remember whens' and three 'When I was your age...'."