Family News

The family reunion for this year is right around the corner! It will be held on August 1st this year, which is the first Sunday of that month. The games this year will be ran by Joe and Rhoda Dean. Natalie and myself took the games last year and tried to switch things up a bit to include some tug of war (over a HUGE mud puddle, if you remember the torrential downpour that accompanied the event), dodge ball, and an easter-egg hunt for the kiddies with staggered starts based on the age of the kids.

This year, we will be at least one person short from the previous years. Pete passed away June 20th of this year. He will always be remembered (at least by me) as one of the nicest people towards the kids each year at the reunion.

For the past 2 years, Natalie and I have invited Tawny and Joey (Joe/Rhoda's kids) to stay with us for the week either before or after the reunion. We have had a bit of fun each time they have stayed here, with last year consisting of a trip to Paramount's Kings Island, a trip to Six Flags Ohio, and some other various places. We are expecting them back again this year, and in the works are trips to Cedar Point (near Lake Erie), Kings Island, some mountain climbing, and possibly a voyage around Lake Erie by a chartered boat. Should be fun, if they can get away from PA for the week after the reunion! If anyone else has kids they would like to lend to us for the week after the reunion, just drop me a line via the link at the bottom of the page and I'll get ahold of you to discuss some of the details.


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