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Me and Tim McGraw, Danny, Gary, and Tug
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Me and Tim McGraw, Danny, Gary, and Tug
So happy with this LO and finally getting this story told. love all the other bits I got to capture with it. Took me 3.5 hrs . . no template, getting the family tree info, downloading pics from web and mom's research. . . Yikes!
03/23/2012
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AmySJ
23-Mar-12
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And the bottom is the actually link between me and Tim McGraw- that piece took a while to get on this layout. It worked out that the left side is Tim's family, the first one of left for the right side is the common link. . . so all the right side is my direct lineage for that part of the family. The pics at the top have many of the folks in that lineage, Tug and Tim, my cousins, and my Uncle.- Everyone in those pics is kin.
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AmySJ
23-Mar-12
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Journaling reads: The Story 2/11/2011 I remember the night mom called to tell me our family was on TV. She said she was watching it and Tim McGraw was researching his family history. For some unknown reason, I actually asked mom if she was sure. Dumb! Must have been the shock of the call- totally unexpected. As soon as I asked it, I knew she had to know if she was saying it so definitely- it’s not something she’d take lightly. I tuned in immediately, mom quickly gave the run down. It started in Lee’s Summit with Breedens. . . and soon turned to family members mom’s already researched. We got off the phone when the commercial was over. The story line she gave me and the story line of the show quickly became familiar to me. . . I’d heard this family story before. Yogi Berra phrases come to mind to describe that moment. . it was deja vu all over again kind of material for sure. Totally surreal. I never thought we’d be ‘famous”. I never imagined seeing the land our ancestors settled on television. It was so neat but yet so unreal. It was hard to grasp it at the time- it still is today. Seeing the land, the documents, homes- more than I ever imagined watching on TV.
From believing there were people in the TV and wondering where they went in Grandpa’s shop as a child, to seeing my people on TV. One of the funniest moments, though, was the show producers trying to build suspense into the show. I guess you could say mom long ago ruined the plot of the show for me. You see the Crismon’s line runs deep. In fact, Tim and I’s seventh great grandfather is in George Washington’s diary. Trust me, ask mom. She’ll tell you all about it for sure. She’s told me many times- neat facts and a little scandal. So, when they ask Tim whose diary it is that they are reading in the Library of Congress, I found myself screaming at the television, “George Washington!” while they went to commercial break as if it’s a cliff-hanger who wrote about our kin. If only I could have told my new found cousin through the tv- no need to to build the suspense, there wasn’t any for me. I don’t often post directly on Facebook, but I had to mention this! Besides, I wanted to make sure my cousins checked it out. Especially Tracy, she’s “endured” the George Washington diary tales too. (Mom, you know I’m kidding as I appreciate your research.) The next morning, I couldn’t wait to watch the full episode online. There were some clips that didn’t make the show the Crismon homesteads.
Random Thoughts Who knew all those years ago when I fell in love with “Indian Outlaw” and “Don’t take the Girl” that I was listening to a cousin- however distant. (After all, our kinship is through our sixth great grandparents). While I don’t take much stock in being kin to Tim other than it’s a fun thought, there are times when hearing his music that it seems a bit different since discovering he’s my cousin. Really, though, it’s the connection to Tug McGraw (the generation back) that interests me- the baseball fan. Tug McGraw would be the same generation as Mom, Uncle Gary, and my Cousin Danny. I quickly made this connection. . . For years all I knew about my Cousin Danny was that he’d played minor league ball for the Twins. It was about the only thing I could hang my hat on- knowing that if something happened to Mom and Dad we’d be sent to Danny’s house though we didn’t know him- Baseball I could connect with. Gary was quite a player in his own right. While Danny was a catcher, Gary was a pitcher like Tug. Danny and Gary played some pro-ball together. Interesting, isn’t it?
Now, I think about the SFA game that I took Uncle Gary, Scott, and Justice to. I remember Gary talking about how the catcher Riley Huble reminded him of Danny and a little glimpse of what it was like when they played together. That game was three generations of Floyd men together at the game. But what’s interesting to me is how the love of Baseball follows us women too- my grandfather wasn’t into baseball though his brother’s were. (They’d take Gary and Mom to the games.) Mom and I could be classified as fanatics from an early age. But Grandma bloomed later. By the time I was halfway through Middle School, the bug and had bitten her. I’d hurry off the bus to watch Astros games with her. Perhaps I dwell on the Baseball, because I’m not absolutely sure the music side of things follows this line of my family tree- at least I don’t know about it. But, looking at the pictures I compiled for this layout and the connections, I can’t help but wonder at how all the generations come together- all the things our ancestors did for us. And about all my family tree- how each piece came together to create me- how much each triumph and struggle shaped our family. There’s a lot of power in that family tree- in knowing your ancestors and family history.
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photoday 24-Apr-12
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Layout is FABULOUS! You enjoying this beautiful Texas springtime??
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eileen
28-Mar-12
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I LOVE Tim McGraw and now I can say I'm taking a class with his cousin!!! I watched that show, too cool to turn it on and see it is about your own family. I've often thought they should do a few episodes on regular people. Love how you did the photos on the layout!!
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purpletinkerbell
27-Mar-12
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Amy, this is so amazing. I love the LO, I love the the photos placement, and of course, how cool that you and Tim are related! So cool
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