The day started out fantastic - beautiful weather - bright sunshine! We all gathered at Patty's place and Patty explained the events of the day and the times of our meals! Teri's daughter Amanda is a wonderful photographer with a really nice camera so we had asked her in advance if she would take the group pictures! After she arrived and checked out the lighting, she said the best place would be next door at Josh's house (where Patty and Leonard used to live). There's a great deck in the back and it made for wonderful pictures!
First up was the entire group - all 48 of us with only two missing - Amy, who was in the hospital getting chemo and Cheri's daughter Kyra who lives in CA. What a great looking bunch!
Grandkids of the 4 siblings (plus Lane who was not being cooperative at that time of the morning).
Kids of the 4 siblings (minus Amy)
And the 4 siblings
Amanda also took family pictures
And this picture is of all of the grandkids that were born in the same year, 2007! 2 are ours, 3 are Patty's and 1 is Teri's! THAT was a busy year!
After the pictures, the majority of us headed out to the South Church - we all wanted to share with our grandkids where we used to go to church in the summer when we were growing up, see and play the pump organ inside the church and see the graves of our relatives!
What a gorgeous picture of this church that holds so many memories!
The kids were amazed at the cool balcony and the stained glass windows.
I played the pump organ and a couple of the kids tried it too! Gwyn thought her legs needed to be longer - I agree!
What a great picture taken from the balcony (I borrowed some of these pics!)
After the South Church, we headed over to the farm to show the kids where we used to live and some of the farm ground! We made it back to Soldier just in time for our catered lunch! To be cont'd...
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Such a special day -great pics!
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