Top of the morn’in to you all!! We, the Willow Family are so excited to be celebrating this day. We had no idea that we had so much Irish fur, until Weston had to do a project at school about where and when our family emigrated from Europe. The people at Will.Biz showed Weston how to research the family tree on the computer.
He discovered that my great-great-great grandfather, Warwick Waylon O’Willow was tucked into the pocket of a little Irish boy and my great-great-great grandmother
Winifred Winona O’Willowy was tucked in the pocket of a little Irish girl. They made it off the boat intact, and started their lives in United States in little drawers in two separate wee cities in upper New York. They eventually met up at a community center for Irish immigrants, got married and started their own family. Over the years some of them have migrated to different parts of America and I can’t tell you how happy our family is to be here in Netwille.
Somewhere in the Willow family linage, the “O” was dropped from O’Willow and we became the Willow family. My great-great-great grandparents received a leprechaun statue as a wedding present which has been passed down through the years. Somehow it made it over on the boat. His name is Bonzie O’Donnell. He is very special to our family, and we weren’t sure how well Bonzi would be received here in Netwille. As you can see from the picture, all in Netwille were excited to see us decorate our front yard with him and we believe sometimes at night he moves from one side of the yard to the other. Isn’t that just like a leprechaun?
I have told you about our oldest daughter, Wilena being a teen-ager, right? “Fa-Sha” and “Nuh-ua” are just part of her vocabulary. We are trying to keep her little as long as we can but do try desperately to say yes to her whenever possible. Well - - she has asked repeatedly if she could color her fur. We have said no way! My wife got a great idea that we could all dye our fur green for St. Patrick’s Day. We thought for sure Wilenia would be all over that! But no – she thought that would be a very dumb thing to do. Kids! You just can’t figure them out, can you? Suggestions from any of you parents who are going through teen years or have already done so, would be more than welcome. We are just pulling our fur out over this!!
We hired Bee Kay Block to come and get some family portraits of us celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, and had a horrible time trying to get Wilenia to smile for the pictures. She was so embarrassed that our fur was all green! Go figure! My wife worked so diligently decorating our home and I am so proud of all her efforts
Got to go! We are having a true Irish dinner this evening: Corned Beef Hash, Irish stew, bacon and cabbage boiled in water and maybe a little Irish cream over ice cream!
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