Dear family...
We are actively planning our family reunion for this August. There are a couple of activities that we wanted to make you aware of because some preparation needs to be made. The official reunion will begin Tuesday, August 11th. We will kick off the reunion with a visit to Great Grandma Bea. We are trying to put together a slide show for this event. We have some pictures of Grandma Bea given to us by Aunt Joyce but we need more. If you possess any pictures of you or your families with Grandma Bea would you please scan them and Email them to us? We would truly appreciate it! We have some pictures of her last few birthdays...going back to 2002. Before that, we don't have a lot. Thanks a lot!
Second, on the last day of the reunion (Friday, August 14th) we have made an appointment to do baptisms for the dead at the Portland temple. Obviously, this will include all youth over the age of 12. (we are arranging for all younger children to be babysat at a nearby home). As the family has grown, this will include over half of our group!!! This will give the adults six months or so to get their temple recommends current...if they are not already. Also, as the time draws closer, Casey will Email you with instructions on what to do to get Bishop interviews for your youth. Furthermore, the temple has asked us to provide up to 80 names of our own!! Do you guys think in six months we can come up with that many names to be ready to go through the temple? If you think you have some family names that have not had their work done, will you Email us and let us know? If we as a family can't come up with some, I'm sure we can find some from members of our ward. (It would be pretty neat if we could make them family names though). We are making Portland the conclusion to our reunion so that those that are travelling back home can leave from Portland if they want to get home before Sunday. If not, you are all welcome to come spend Sunday in our awesome Ward! We have a pretty cool Bishop!
Sandwiched in between these two days, we have a ton of fun activities! It should be a great reunion and we can't wait for August!
Thanks guys!
Andrea and Casey
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This sounds like a lot of fun. We hope that we can make it. We may even be able to bring some of my family names for the Temple.
ReplyDelete(This is Niel's Christy by the way).