Monday, September 1, 2008

Family Reunion '08

The best part of family reunions is getting to catch up on what everyone's been doing since the last time we all got together! It was great to have Jeff Gawthrop in from Denmark (Steve's son) and Missy (Larry's daughter) as well as Deloris, Bill (her son) and Bruce that we haven't seen for a few years! Of course we missed all our loved ones that couldn't make it and remembered those that have passed on to the "great reunion" in the sky!

It was complete with all the usual recipes that we look forward to and some new ones! Someone needs to collect them all and make a family recipe book! Let's see a show of hands that will organize that little feat! :) Needless to say we were all stuffed and there were no apple dumplings left. Mom (JoAnn) even attempted to make the white cake that Grandmother was famous for and we all remember to this day! She came pretty close to the bonofide original!

The rain held out until we finished dessert and then it suddenly swept us inside where we finished visiting and catching up! The day was beautiful and ended with hugs and kisses until we meet again next year! Put it on your calenders now... August 1, 2009 will be our next reunion! Until then, keep reading the blog!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi,

I just wanted to say thanks for another great reunion and all the excellent food that everyone makes for that special day!
I really enjoyed visiting with everyone and as always I (we) look forward to the next reunion.

As I mentioned at the reunion, Charlotte and I are moving at the beginning of Sept. from Copenhagen Denmark to Tygelsjö Sweden, which is just across the bay of water that separates Denmark and Sweden. Here's our new address, if anyone should ever come to visit Scandinavia. Hopefully it's not too hard to remember... ;-)
Tornväktaregatan 45, 21872 Tygelsjö, Sweden Europe

I'll get back to you with our new email address once we are settled into our new house.
:-) Jeff