My Grandma Lowman’s maiden name is Bell and decades ago she and her siblings started gathering their families together a bit before Christmas to make sure that everybody got to see one another before things got too busy. Forty years later the Bell Gath, as it was appropriately named, is still happening. Santa shows up bearing presents for the old and young and there is most often a gift exchange. We’re many generations deep now and there seems to have been a baby boom recently. The planning of the gathering rotates from family to family and the location does as well.
We’ve grown to about 50 people and meeting in somebody’s home is no longer an option. This year we all descended upon the Skagit Brewery and our ticket in was an ugly sweater. My mom was kind enough to find sweaters for all of us and Barry, my brothers and even Midge placed in the Top Ten positions.
The posts over the next few days will be much more photo heavy than usual, I apologize for that in advance.
