FAMILY REUNION PART 1

Saturday, September 27th, was our yearly Family Reunion in Southern Ohio. There were around 150 people in attendance and there was by far not everyone there. Here are a few of the pictures I took. I do not have a lot of Zachary because he was one sick little guy that day. He did not enjoy himself at all. It was supposed to rain that day but thank the Lord He held it off until around 9:00 PM. We had only been back at my grandma's maybe 5 minutes when the rain started! All in all it was a good time and we enjoyed seeing those who sometime we only get to see at the reunion.

1st Picture ~ Zachary at Laa Laa's before going to the Reunion
2nd Picture ~ How Zachary spent most of the day at the Reunion

Grandma with Zachary & Abigail at the Reunion

Few of the people that were there

Memory Table ~ A candle was lit for my Great Grandpa & Grandma & every child/child in law of theirs that has passed away and grandchild, great grandchild & there was even a couple great great children that had passed way. Very very moving!

They had several activities for the children one of which was they put 3 gummy worms in a BUNCH of cool whip and they had to get the worms out of the cool whip with their mouth and NO HANDS....guess my daughter was an expert; she was the first one done! Way to go!!! They had a lot of fun with that.

FAMILY REUNION PART 2

So that not one person in particular is paying for the Reunion we have a Silent Auction & a Live Auction. It is a lot of fun to say the least and lots of money is usually raised. We also have a hayride and also some music which was provided by the Gandee's this year. They are a wonderful family and VERY talented!

Browsing the silent auction table

The auction crowd

Crowd for the auction

SOLD!!!!

We were privileged to have the Ron Gandee Family from West Virginia with us for some WONDERFUL Christian entertainment.

Family mingling together

1st Picture Best of Friends & Cousins...Abigail & Savannah
2nd Picture Zachary & Mommy

The tractor used for the hayride & the hill we went up...UGHH!!!

Those on the hayride & massages given after the hayride LOL!

More from our weekend

I debated whether to add the following 2 pictures because they are sort of dark. I have decided to include them anyway because it was part of our weekend. This was my 4 month old nephew, Aaron's Dedication.

My 2nd Cousin holding Aaron as he was dedicating him back to God.
L-R

My Grandmother, Naomi, My Mother Cathy, My Father Phillip I,

My Brother & Father of Aaron Phillip II & Sister in law & Mother of Aaron Merrie Beth

Grandpa & Grandma were playing games with the grandkids...
They loved this game...they had to get 2 balls to stay inside the parachute. SO MUCH FUN

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The children LOVE to pose for pictures and Aunt Sarah (and Mommy) is ALWAYS ready with her camera

Steven ~ 7yrs old
Jason ~ 7 yrs old
TWINS ~ Steven & Jason ~ 7 yrs old
My darling daughter and I might add the ONLY granddaughter in my parents 7 grandchildren...she isn't spoiled at all (haa haa)
Abigail ~ 7 yrs old
The three-some
Jason, Abigail & Steven

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And yes I have MORE............Luke Thomas

Luke playing with his bow & arrow
Although he was not using arrows, he enjoyed picking bark off the trees and sticking in the arrow and shooting. (And yes I do have a picture of that also ~ **smiles**)

Nanny, as referred to by the children (my grandmother),
lives on a hill. The children thought it was AWESOME to walk down in her field & play.

More picture of of the children
down over the hill...

...and at least one more...

Our Weekend Part 2

As I told you in previous posts, my brother & his family were in from Kansas for 2 weeks. We took advantage of this and 'tried' to get everyone together for a family picture. Have you ever tried that with 7 children under the age of 7....WHEW!!!! WHAT A JOB IT WAS! Here are a few I picked out to post.

The Grandchildren

Standing ~ Steven & Jason

Sitting ~ Timothy, Zachary, Abigail holding Aaron & Luke

This is my little family L-R
Tony, Sarah, Zachary 4, Abigail 7
My brother & his family L-R
Standing Jason 7
Sitting Steven 7 (yes they are twins), Phillip holding Luke 2,
Merrie Beth holding Aaron 4 months, Timmy 4 (on ground)
My Parents
Cathy & Phillip