After a day of sight seeing, we headed back to Andrew's house and got ready for the real party!! The nieces needed a picture with their Aunties! As you can imagine, Mom Pratt cooked! There was more than enough food to feed two parties!
Steve and his oldest brother Errol. In order for them to be the same height, Errol had to be on the step!! It was so wonderful to finally meet Errol and his family. It is funny how you can meet and you are instantly family. It really felt like I had know the Jamaican family always!
Peter and Brenda gave all the kids an opportunity to tell Mom what she has meant to them and the inspiration she has proved them with. It is amazing when you think about it. This woman brought 10 children into the world. When they decided to come to America, they actually came a few kids at a time because it was expensive. Once all the kids were here, Mom was basically on her own to raise them all. She worked at I Magnum and later at Nordstrom's. Growing up in Southern LA was no picnic. The kids had all kinds of temptations around them, but they followed the straight path. There was gang territory on all sides of their neighborhood and they managed to navigate it without getting into it. Mom was the reason they stayed true. They knew how hard it was for her to raise all the kids on her own and they made her proud.
She even got a trophy!! She was beyond touched. It isn't often that you see a Pratt break down and get teary, but today was the sort of the day that they all did. It was really a celebration of Mom and all that she has done for the family.
The grandkids! The newest generation of Pratts!
The children (minus Chris, he got there later in the evening)
Mom and all the grandkids!
Now we added some of the great grandkids!
Mom and the great grandkids.
Mom with her first born and the rest of the Jamaican family.
Steve, Errol, and Mom
Now it is time to play! Kids young and old got involved in a game of PIG! There is nothing better than when the whole family plays together!
Looks like Megan could be pleading her case! I don't think Uncle Michael is buying it!
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