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At this gathering we were 24, ranging in age from 14 months to 88 years old. The last time we had everyone together, I think we numbered 90 and that was quite a few years ago, our family has multiplied numerous times since then and even with the death of my aunt, we still come out being a much larger family.
This is the reason for all of the mini-parties, we can’t house all of us, we have to break it up into parcels of between 15 and 25 just for practicality.
It does make for a lot of eating and we are so lucky that our aunts are the most amazing cooks, we eat like royalty.
Tomorrow we are having clafoutis with goat cheese and peppers, we are having sausages on the barbecue and a gratin of courgettes and potatoes. It is going to be so extraordinarly yummy especially with the homemade apple tarts afterwards.
My sister’s place is so lovely, we couldn’t have asked for a better venue. I shouldn’t say her place, it is a rental, but the spirit of the place is enticing, I’m sure my sister wouldn’t mind having some acreage here sometime in the future.
laurieanichols 
Hi, What a beautiful house and family.Enjoyed your blog.
Kate.
Thank you very much Kate 😀
Hi Laurie, thanks for your comment.What country do you come from.I live in the UK.
U.S.A though I am in France at the moment. I had a wonderful in London years and years ago. 🙂
Hi Laurie, pictures are amazing,beautiful long table, wonderful location,looks just fantastic, very much enjoyed your post.
Kate
What a lovely house.
It was a one week rental, it was indeed lovely but for my purposes in the future I told my husband I will be content with a shack as long as we are in the vicinity. By hook or by crook I want to live my older years in France close to my “tribe” lol
There are usually about 17 of us at any family gathering no matter which way it works out. Two of us married into the same family, so it cuts it down a little!
The last time I counted heads was back in 2005, I think, I could be wrong, we might be past 100 by now. This comes from my grandparents on my mother’s side and her siblings, who had many children, who in turn have had many children and so on and so forth. The Bontemps family is very similar to a bunny family lol
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