September-Family Reunion Time and the Rest of the Story

So, I was feeling overwhelmed with my scrap situation, my 3 scrap boxes were overflowing and my strip bin was heaped! So I bagged a bunch up and posted it on my local buy nothing group. The bags were snapped up ion no time. Now I can feel less stuffed with fabric, I'm still overstocked, but still, better!

And it's time for the family reunion. Sadly we don't get a very big turnout-covid as well as aging folks make it hard. But we soldier on!

(Kelley, Her Mom Pam, their youngest Lucas and Tony)

We all brought our own food to eat and had some time to chat.

(Bob and Robin)

(Jeannie, Jacquelin, & Jason)

During the meeting we decided to stop renting the building in Green Mountain, and meet at a local restaurant. And we'll pay part of everyone's meal with the money in the reunion treasury so we can close that bank account.

Dale, Zadie, Ken & Karen)

(Francie & Ken)

We caravanned over to The Willows, the care facility where my Aunt is living now. She seems very content.
We'll see what next year brings!

Labor Day Family Reunion

Every year over the Labor Day Holiday, My Mom's side of the family has a family reunion.
For over 80 years the family of Harry E Forbes has gathered in a ton of different places to reminisce and remember.

This picture is the family of Harry E Forbes.  From left to right it's Maurice (in the white shirt)-that's My Mom's Dad,  then behind him is his brother Willard, then their Mom, Georgianna Westman-Forbes, then Bernerd (in front in white) then Russell, and their Dad Harry, holding Glen and at the end is George. This photo was taken in 1915 in Akron Colorado. Looks like a pretty forsaken place to me.

This is my Mom's family, there's her Mom, Pearl Forbes, then her Dad Maurice (all grown up!) and my Mom's brother Paul, sister Frances and My mom Marilyn on the end. Isn't my Mom cute with that awesome flowered dress? I love that look on my Uncle Paul's face, it makes me think he just got scolded by his Mom and told to sit still.

So here's Mom with DD at this years family reunion.I think I need to find some pictures of the rest of us. I have 8 first cousins and only 2 of them were here this year.

My cousin Robin and Me, we were shopping the thirty one catalog. So Cousins, if you're out there, mark your calendar for next year on Sunday August 31, 2014. I hope to see you in Green Mountain, Iowa.