June, 2009 family reunion

Greetings,
It's time to start thinking about the summer family reunion........if anyone has an idea for location, please POST it. Linda has said that there is a hall/room at Oronoco Estates, no kitchen, but we can use crock pots, and there is a refrigerator, 2 bathroom, and a playground outside. We can plan on using one of the parks in Stewartville, Rochester, or anywhere else someone knows of a good park, the problem with the parks is, we usually can not reserve them, and you never know what the weather will be like. Of course, the price is usually right......no charge. This is being planned for the last Sat in June. So everyone get it marked on your calendar, and let those that don't check this blog/ or don't have computers/ or whatever reason they may not know about the date.
Lets start throwing out ideas, so we can make plans. I really liked the soup potluck idea for the Christmas Party, but that may not be as good in the summer. So what ideas does everyone have...........maybe make your own sub, with salads???????????
Let's hear your thoughts
Thanks
Mary

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Dear Santa, Thanks for the fun gifts.

Now Conrad, this is how it is done. Thanks Auntie Shell

Here Gabby, let me help you. Gabby got the first gift of the white elephant exchange. Wonder what it is.

Sisters.............

Here, Barb, I will show you how it is done. Shawn helping Barb with the new digital camera she got at her retirement party earlier in Dec. Now we will see lots of new posts and photos from Barb (after she figures out how to use the camera).

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Looks like everyone enjoyed the visit by the big guy in Red!!! And what a well behaved bunch of children.....they stood so nice for the picture.

I really enjoy holding the new baby!

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More pictures..........looks like good bread Ann.

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We can only do 5 pictures at a time, so there will be a couple entries for pictures.....hopefully you can see how much fun was had by all........

And if anyone has any ideas for next year, let's get started now!!!!!!!

wonderful family party

Thank you to everyone who helped make Sat a great day. I throughly enjoyed the day, spending it with family. I didn't have a bad bowl of soup! The fool was wonderful.......thanks to all the good cooks in the family. And a special thank-you to the man in red.......I'm sure the kids really enjoyed our special guest. The gift exchange was awesome, now that we know how it it done, the next one will be even more FUN.
Thank you to everyone, for everything, from traveling, to cooking, to bringing gifts to all the special things you did to make the day fun.
Happy Holidays to all
Love to all
Mary

Family Reunion

Hi,
There are a few postings asking about a pot luck, just pot luck, or do we sign up for something?
It has been suggested to me that we do a SOUP THEME POT LUCK, and I think that sounds interesting. Hopefully there will be 3 to 5 kinds of soups (chili, cream base, broth base, etc.) Other items needed will be sandwich makings (meat, cheese, chicken salad, tuna salad) lettuce, tomato (?), breads and buns, crackers, maybe raw veggies, salads (lettuce greens, broccoli, something that will go good with soups). And, of course, a sampling of Christmas baking. It will be like the pick two at Panera........ONLY BETTER!!!!
If this sounds good to everyone, lets go with it.
Please post comments and what you think you would like to bring.
Also, for those of you that want to do a "white elephant gift exchange", bring a wrapped gift (or bagged) and we will have FUN with it.
Michelle please post the hours we have the hall, and hope to see you all there early for an enjoyable day with family.
A Happy and Safe Thanksgiving Holiday to all..........love you all.
Mary