a time to wonder: A Great Family Reunion

This past weekend was the Lewis Family Reunion. (That is Layne's Mom's side of the family.) Grandma Pearl and Grandpa John Lewis have held the reunion every other year for many, many years. Although John passed away a few years ago, Pearl still keeps the tradition going. The reunion is held outside of Monticello up at the Blue Mountain Guest Ranch where everyone can camp out. There are six brothers and sisters in her family, all of whom have their own families and so on and so on! It's always lots of fun. It starts on Friday evening. On Saturday there are always fun activities for the kids - this year they made and launched little rockets - and there are always games of volleyball, kickball, touch football, basketball, etc. going on. Plus this year the creek was running so that was instant entertainment for the kids right there. There are great meals put together by the different families and on the 2nd night there was a program with skits by each sibling's families based on happenings from Pearls' life ~always funny! It is Pearl's 90th b-day this year, so we all wrote notes and letters to her and they were put in a book and presented to her on Saturday night. She was very touched and had great things to say about her loving family. After that there was the traditional 'fairy hike' which is always a highlight. Everyone follows the trails of fairies hanging in the trees to a meadow where a story is told then it's back to the pavilion where everyone finds some candy waiting for them. Then on Sunday everyone gets up, eats, cleans the camp area, says their goodbyes or 'so long - see ya around town' and heads home! It's always great fun and I love getting to know more of Layne's extended family.

Layne and his mom, Glenice