It comes around every 2 years - and those years seem to come faster and faster all the time!! I was recalling that the first one was in 2003 - so this is the 5th one!!
These first few photos are from Sunday night - a little Clayton get-together before Charlie, Sean and girls headed home.
Since we didn't score a fire ring at the beach, we had our own tonight - complete with s'mores!! Some traditions are essential!!
Joan came from Tennessee - she's a loyal reunion supporter.
Gretta enjoyed choosing from the Grandma's Treasure Box!
It was fun to see the Fredericksons!!
Eve loved finding some more girl "cousins" to enjoy hanging with!
All Bill and Debbie's kids and grandkids were there! Debbie's brother and his wife showed up too - they are in Carlsbad on a mission and had the day off!
Seven of the twelve were there - better than some years! Mom said, "Does my hair look bad?" We replied that all the hair looked bad - a casualty of windy beach weather!
This is from the Sunday night dinner - not sure how blogger arranges the things you post!! It certainly was fun to spend time with Sean and his girls. We haven't seen them that often in the past.
Terrills and Claytons - a good mix anytime!
Pete with Cheryl and LaDawn.
Joan and Bonny, hangin' out!
The presiding matriarch - what a good sport Mom is!
The Two Donnas!
Charlie, Sean, and girls.
Patrick, Bobbie and son.
Joe and Jane had all their kids and grandkids there too!!
This turned out to be the only shot I took of Harry and of Lois - they were pretty social and didn't stay in one place long - probably why I didn't get more pics of them! Can you tell Dad borrowed my hat??
Tom, Leslie and girls.
LaDawn's crew!
It was great to see Audrey and Ted's boy Jim and his wife Donna!!
Do we see a family resemblance?
Eve came with us since Harry had to work.
The young man on the left is Pete's grandson - I didn't have to tell you that either, did I? The other young man is Lois's nephew's son. Some of the connections were circuitous. You needed a program to keep track!
Taking photos was the order of the day.
Steven, Kim, and Gavin.
Josh and Amanda and their kids.
It was a beautiful beach day!
Tom gets the prize for being the "Renaissance Man" - he ran, biked, swam, ate, socialized, and even got some reading in!
If you weren't there, we missed you. The next one is scheduled for the first Saturday in August of 2013 - if that conflicts with something important - and you'd like to come - let me know - with advance notice, we are flexible!!
To those who came - thanks for your support! It almost runs itself now - so it was nice to be able to visit and enjoy one another's company!!
2 comments:
It was a great party - you did a great job!
We are looking forward to the next one. Hopefully we will be able to come then. We had a baptism on the same day. Thanks for doing all the work and organizing it each time. I appreciate all that you do.
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