Family Reunion

What a great day July 3rd turned out to be! We had a great Family Reunion with the entire family present except the two great-grandmas who could not travel. We bought lots of food and it seemed we ate all day long. The weather was hot and humid but we had a strong breeze that really helped make for OK weather. For all the grand-kids we rented a bouncy castle, snow cone machine and hot dog roaster. Thanks to David's truck I was able to pick them up Friday and then Saturday morning with David and Karl's help we put everything together. The bouncy castle was huge and heavy so I was very grateful for their help. It was a full day and fun to see everyone in their reunion T-shirts. The kids enjoyed the bouncy castle and snow cones the best. Especially when the circuit breaker would blow because all three items were on one circuit and the bouncy castle would deflate on top of them. Lisa's next door neighbor provided power so we would not continue to blow the circuit but the kids kept trying to shut it off anyway.

We gave each family a Families are Forever clock and each of our children a DVD set we had just had made of our old family movies from 1968 until 1981. Now we have to work on all the VHS tapes. About 8 PM we cleaned up and headed to the park for the concert and fireworks. Again the kids had the most fun as Lisa, Amanda and Eileen had been stocking up on glow sticks. Our area of seating was a glow with all the glow sticks covering the kid and several adults. A stranger came by and said we needed to take pictures as we were quite the sight. It was an exhausting day but it was worth it to have all the children and grandchildren together.