Wednesday, July 29, 2009

How to sum up perfection?

Just a few of the 65 people at the family reunion last Friday:

Three brothers -- Russ, Jerry, and Ray:

Two of the three Mileses in the family. We missed the other one:


The rest of the photos I took show us, in various combinations of family members, either eating or playing music. Rob, son-in-law extraordinaire, brewer of beer that we didn't get to taste (only regret on the trip), and all-round wonderful person, has agreed to set up a family Flicker account so that we can all share pictures.

Too many high points of the trip to mention, since mentioning one might mean neglecting another that was equally wonderful. We saw Friends and friends we hadn't seen for years; spent a morning on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake; thanks to the kind present owners got a tour through the first house we owned and Jerry remodeled; had time to hang out with our immediate family; and it all built up to the incredible reunion.

Friday I realized that probably most people in the world aren't able to look around at 65 relatives (more or less -- the kids were running around and messing up the count) and know that it would be great to spend a lot of time with any of them. What a bunch of interesting, intelligent, decent people!

And, except for getting a bit tired out at the end, I felt fine the whole time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We loved seeing you and your family Lucie! It was great having Max,Anya and Miles stay at our home for the week . What a sweet family. GOOD TIMES!

Anonymous said...

Sorry, Lucy, that was Lonna saying that. I was signed in last night and forgot to sign out. She was surprised to see that she was now Victoria!