So first here are a couple of the pictures from the surprise birthday party that Steve's sister Janet arranged. All of Steve's sibling got together on July 18th at Janet's for dinner and catching up. Steve was surprised and we had a great dinner. Thank you Jan and Janet. Later in the evening Andrew and Tim provided a fireworks display that they had been working on. A great evening.
A Buckeye Cake from Judy
Carol in the background (older) brother John and Steve
The five siblings
Then last weekend I was in Kalamazoo for my mother (Bunschoten) side of the family annual reunion. We have been having a picnic on the First Sunday of August since either 1969 or 1970. No one could quite remember which year it started but it is a real tradition. The little cousins all have big kids now and some of the aunts and uncles are great grandparents too. A wonderful way to keep in touch. My brother always updates everyones information and sends it to us all so we have the most current addresses and phone numbers as well as email addresses now. Another thank you for all involved in the work to make this come off every year. We have the ideal spot at my mom's sister's farm, complete with the pond.
Kids saw dust hunt for pennies
It has been great golf weather and I have been taking advantage of that.
3 comments:
Hooray Linda, It has been a busy summer for a lot of my friends. Everyone is busy enjoying the great weather of the summer of 2009. Keep it up. See you soon!!
Loved all the pictures of your family gatherings - both affairs looked like memory makers!
Your mother's maiden name caught my eye "Bunschoten" pretty close to my "Van Boesschoten"! Wonder if she had the same probably growing up that I did - no one could pronounce it!!!!
Thinking about you and yours often.xxoo
Glad you got some photos of our party up. For me it was a highlight of the summer..getting all the sibs and spouses together. Glad you kept the surprise and it all turned out great.
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