Lights, Camera, Auction!

It was fun and games for us when we were all together! Among the games we played was an activity inspired by the recent auctions Anna and I attended back home in Ohio. Everyone was given $80 of play money to spend at the "sale" of merchandise, mostly provided by me. (It's a good way to get rid of stuff in your house and closets, and the family members get what they really want.) I had a great time digging out items. I found things like unopened cotton pillow cases that were wedding gifts from 1964--we received so many of them I never did use them all up--well, I guess I forgot I had them! There were my handmade potholders I had given to my Grandma Gompf, which my mom had returned to me when she cleaned out Grandma's house. There was also my grandfather's cap which still had the price tag and store name, Jim Dugan's, Marion, Ohio, in it. There were some drawings made by Chloe and Mallory for sale--they were popular items! And there was my Grandma Gompf''s corset. I won the bid on that one, as I want to use it again for a Red Hatters party. There were also a bag of pork rinds, a Christmas baby bib, some little trinkets, a kit for making plaster of paris handprints, a jewelry box, to name a few other things. Notice the picture of Anna. How do you like the orange "Operation" shirt she won?

Some little items were sold as "choice out."

Chloe in Grandpa Gompf's cap!

Here we are playing Cranium.

And here we are playing Mexican Train (a domino game). Left to right are Wayne, Stacy, Rachel, Walter and Wes.