So, as some of you may already know, my family had a huge family reunion this past weekend.
Well...the Turner Family Reunion always has a talent show with a trophy and everything!! I know! Exciting! Hahaha... ANYWAY! On with what I was trying to say...
5 years ago, my mother, my aunt Nancy, and my aunt Lisa performed a song/dance/thing to the music of "The Girl from Ipanema". But they sang it "Tall and tan and young and lovely, the Turner girls from Easton go walking...and when she passes each one she passes goes... *mom steps on dad's hand, nancy step's on kevin's hand, lisa steps on billy's hand* 'AHHH!'..." and so and so forth. It was pretty funny considering they were wrapped in bed sheets with bright flowers and/or fruits on them, and they had their heads wrapped in brightly colored turbans. They also had fake fruit earrings and bold-red lipstick. It was hilarious, and needless to say, they won.
So, if we fast-forward five years, 3 weeks before the next Turner Family Reunion, and we find my mother and my aunts frantically trying to figure out what they are going to do to hold onto their title and their trophy. They contemplate a bunch of songs...some from Broadway musicals, and some that they remember fondly from their childhoods. But, get this, they decide to do a polka.
..."The Beer Barrel Polka"...
So my mother ends up being in charge of creating and/or finding blonde wigs, hoop skirts, and shirts for them all to wear. My aunt Nancy is in charge of finding the music (in accordian of course) on cd, and getting makeup. My aunt Lisa is in charge of making little ruffles for their ankles, and making wreaths of flowers to put ontop of their wigs. My grandmother (good ol' Joan) is in charge of making the skirts to go ontop of the crinoline (hoop skirts).
I will guide you through the following pictures that show the result of all their blood, sweat and tears...
Thursday night...at Nancy's...
Nancy, ever the photogenic one...
Do you sense a little frustration here?
Mom was too hot to wear her wig during practice...
"There's our mama, and our poppa, and our little sister Kristie, there's our brother Billy...we know that they are proud!"
I sat and took pictures while I laughed until I cried.
Nancy is such a ham...always wanting to be the center of attention... :P
Day of the performance:
Paige putting fake eyelashes on my mother...
Gram trying to figure things out while Paige puts fake eyelashes on her mother.
Polkaing sisters. (polkaing?)
Mark wins..."I've always been a sucker for blondes, and with 3 of them...I give it to them."
The girls finding it hilarious.
"And since we have reigned for the past 5 years, we pass it onto Barbara."
Baby Amelia trying to decide if my mother, in polka garb, is scary or not.
