Above are my father's new wife's kin at the begining
of the rehersal dinner, before we all sat down to eat our first meal
together. The woman in pink is her daughter in law Laura, the woman
with
zebra stripes is her sister Mary, the woman in the dark dress is her
daughter Pat, and the guy is her son Michael.
The kids were hungry, so they started eating almost immediately. We
schmoozed for a while, getting to know each other a bit. All of
Evelyn's family are deeply part of Virginia. Michael runs a sucessful
printing business that he took over from his father, and had just
returned from a business trip to Germany. His sisters are both
professional environmentalists. All of them are quite sophisticated,
and it was easy to enjoy their company.
Lal and Bryant with their youngest children. Aiden, Lal's first, was
born in late February. Katie, Bryant's third, was born just a couple of
months ago.