Several months
ago…maybe even a year ago??...I saw that my high school class reunion was going
to be held this past Saturday. I put the date on the calendar, and then a
couple of months ago, Ryan received an invitation to his family reunion on
the same day. Of course! Why wouldn’t they both be on the same day out of
all the days in the year? 😊
With some creative scheduling
and a generous friend who loves our Lexi Grae, we were able to make it to both
reunions, so today I thought I’d give you a little peek at the family reunion.
Ryan’s mom was the consummate planner,
and when she was alive, holiday gatherings happened regularly – including the
entire extended family. They gathered at Father’s Day and again at Christmas,
and Ryan loved being able to meet up with this side of the family. After her
passing, those larger, extended gatherings stopped. Until now.
One of Ryan’s cousins, who lives
down near Indianapolis, hosted this event, and we enjoyed getting to see their
pretty house!
If Ryan’s mom had been there, we
would have had about 100 pictures taken – including a group photo – but I did
not get quite that brave. Here’s what I can offer you, though!
This was a pitch-in meal, and we
really wanted to take some nice healthy food, but alas, when you’re going to be
on the road for about twelve hours with no way to properly refrigerate, healthy
food is hard. So we just dug into the recipe archives and took some fun treats
we never get to have anymore.
Turns out I still know how to
make Peanut Butter Chocolate Deliciousness and Halloween Party Mix!
We had a gorgeous day for our
drive to this reunion. Took us about two hours to get there, and we had fun on
the way!
Here is Ryan with his cousin,
Kevin. When we lived in Kokomo, we went to the same church, and when I worked
in the church office, I got to hang out with Kevin a lot, because he worked
part-time at the church in addition to his job at the fire station.
Ryan and his Uncle Dave. Uncle
Dave is one of Nita’s brothers, and he recently retired from pastoral ministry.
I had to find some friends for a
picture, too! This is Kevin’s wife (Debbie) and Ryan’s cousin, April. Both of them,
along with the rest of Ryan’s family, have been so sweet to welcome me in as a
part of the family!
I love this picture of Ryan
talking to Aunt Ruthie – his mom’s sister. We haven’t seen her in a long time!
I took this picture to show to
my mom. This is one of Ryan’s cousins, and when he was just a toddler, my mom
taught him in Sunday School. He has grown up to be a fantastic young man, and
every time I see him, he asks about Mom and Dad. So I asked him if we could get
a picture, and Mom was excited to see him!
We both had to get a picture
with Aunt Ruthie!
The reunion really was a lot of
fun. We enjoyed the food and all the family we don’t get to see too often,
because we live a distance from most of them!
Come back on Thursday and check
out the class reunion fun!
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