Diane with her granddaughter, Ava and sharing a few stones with Cindy grandson.
I love this picture! Look at all the happy faces here, Steve, Diane with their family and brother Ken in the mix. Diane, even though you share - it is still unique so have a very special birthday and give that sweet Ava a hug from the rest of us!
Lisa showing off her great form in golf - I know one thing, Lisa had an absolutely fun filled time at the Reunion. Every picture I have of her is laughing and talking - two things she does very well!
What did I say - Look at that big grin. Of course someone was probably telling a story or reliving the "good ol' days".
This is a great picture of Lisa, Susan and Becky. Lisa was my godchild and she was an absolutely beautiful baby, (little prejudice - all my godchildren are special!)
Jacki this is your day as well! Here is Jacki with Steve waiting for the rest of the line up for the "Cousins" picture.
Jacki and her sister Pam getting registered. It was so great having Jacki back for the reunion, she and her husband, Mark live on the East Coast.
Look at this great picture! Joe with Jacki, Pam and Pam's son, Tim. They all look great! I can remember Jacki eating oranges for ever. She would cut them in half, peal the skin back and eat the meat right out of the shell. She could do it without dripping any juice, never could figure that one out. Always a fruit lover and loved to run, so that kept her in great shape! Happy birthday Jacki.
Diane is enjoying the pool with her sister, Cindy. What an absolutely beautiful day we had to play golf and swim- and you can see many took advantage of the pool.
Diane, with son Chris and great niece Mal waiting for the fun to begin.
And can you believe this shot, that is Lisa along with Diane - Lisa is celebrating her birthday today as well. I want to wish you all a wonderful day, enjoy it with your families.
Emily, lets see you are 7 years old today! Wow are you getting old, hope you get everything you want for your birthday. I'm sure your mom & dad had a party with all your family and friends invited, have fun!
Here is Emily with her big cousin Ciara, having fun in the pool and enjoying the day together!
Kevin and Frank always have a great time when they get together - I am so glad Frank never grew up! (poor Mary Ann)
Kevin and Marcy enjoying the meal of the evening at the reunion. I am so glad they made the trip up, I know it probably was really hard on him.
Kevin was the third son in Mary Ann's family, Mary had a picture of her first three sons sitting on a piano bench and Kevin was the adorable one with red hair. Mary's boys had the most beautiful color of hair, but like Artie says; "we are a little prejudice". Kevin's son Jerrod is just six months younger than my Jeff - amazing isn't it? And now Kevin has two beautiful grand daughters, life is good. Happy birthday, Kevin!
Look at this cute face - what a charmer! Jenna, hope your day is awesome, and your grandparents remember to give you a call.
Here is Frank with his group of grandkids, Jenna is right in the middle of things and looking like she is really enjoying herself.
Another shot of Frank's grandkids, you can tell they enjoy being together! Jenna have a great day!
OK Cathy, we get the message -
Kenny and his wonderful family - including the youngest member at the family reunion.
Kenny in the middle of things, yakking it up with the rest of the cousins.
When Ken was about 4 or 5 years old, he was staying with Grandma and she was working in the basement. Kenny had a wad of gum in his mouth which he accidentally swallowed and he started to choke. Grandma got flustered and grabbed him around the middle and started up the steps with him, of course she didn't realize that she was doing the heimlich and the gum popped out. Kenny was saying to grandma, "its OK grandma, its out now." Gosh, she was so shook up, I don't think she took care of anyone for a long time.
Have a great day, Ken!
Monica and Jim, we want to wish you a wonderful anniversary. I don't have any stories to tell on the two of you, so enjoy your day!
Look at that little face, who could not love it? Celebrating a big 3 and I'm sure he is enjoying his baby sisters, what a great big brother. Pam, give him a little extra smooching for the rest of us.
OK, the 17th is Artie's birthday and now I get to tell some tales on him - oh boy!!
That's him waving at the camera, I can pick out a few faces and I'm sure you can too. I see Jerry, Ronnie, Steve and Kevin to just name a few. When Artie was in grade school and someone would do something wrong, Artie would always get blamed because he had that - using his father's words - "sh_ t eat'n grin"!
Here is Artie teaching his cousin, Kurt how to play the organ. Artie was always very musical and loved to play many different instruments. I can remember a ukulele in there somewhere, and I think I gave it to him.
Draftsman Artie, how look how young and look at those glasses and hair, wow!
Look at that cute little face - how can you not smile with her. Britney is celebrating her 7th birthday today, I bet Mom, Lindey and Grandma, JoEllen had a party today.
Here is Britney placing flowers on her Great Grandpa, Artie's grave. Britney and her brother really had a good time getting to know the rest of her cousins. I'm glad they were able to come and share in the fun.
Don and Heather are celebrating their anniversary today - and I want to wish them the best of everything to come for them. Don has a beautiful family and we certainly missed him at the reunion. It would have been great to get to know your family and I hope you will definitely come to the next one! We want to visit with you again, find out what is going on in your life, get to know your beautiful wife and two gorgeous girls. We really missed you!!!! Don, you have accomplished a lot in your life and I understand congratulations is order for Heather in getting her degree in nursing. Congratulations!
Well, I had quite a birthday, on the 8th I received two cards - (generic) one from my insurance company and one from J.C. Penny and I thought "whoop tee doo" this is going to be a great birthday! Then my actual birthday came and I was surprised at work with a cake, a hat (above) and some friendly bantering. Got home and found a million emails (exageration) from all my favorite nieces and nephews - and one even posted on the blog, thanks Artie. I received a phone call or cards from my brothers and sister, it was wonderful and I want to thank each and every one of you for making this such a memorable day. The worse part of being at the tail end of the family, birthdays were never really a big deal. I really can't remember ever having a party, but I don't think too many kids had parties in those days. I mean, after all the wagon train couldn't stop long enough for those kinds of celebrations.
