Pictures tell the story

Here is proof that pictures are more important than words.  In order from top to bottom:

1. Aaron/Amy and family stayed at a ranch.  Here is Aaron and Ruby on the mule rabbit that was so tame!!!!!
2. Liam and his fancy hair cut
3. Jude wandering around at Crazy Horse and FYI Audrey knows that Crazy Horse died in South Bend
4. Glorine (Jade shirt) has always been a part of our family.  She was married to brother Lawrence (Red) (Ronald) who died in the fall of 1964.  Much of the reunion took place at Glorine's home in Rapid City.  With Glorine is Marlys, Dave's wife.
5. Faustina is maybe looking for grandpa!!!
6. Helen's step daughter and her family.  They were a delight to have at the reunion
7. Glorine's grand daughter Hanna is being helped by sister Joan.  Joan has a big heart for those who have special needs.
8. John and Judi--John was married to sister Janet who died in the winter of 1966.  John too remained a big part of family and the list would be long if I started writing all the things John has done for me and for family.  (a note to Judi-I will never forget the i !!  Terry has the same issue as her name ends with a Y and often people put a i there)

Terry came up with the idea of different color T's for each family and it was a super idea.  I think everyone enjoyed the shirts and for those who did not know some people the colors helped a lot plus it made the picture interesting.
There you have SOME of the stars of the Lee reunion of July 2011.  It was fun, exciting, delicious, sad, nostalgic and much more.  It is kind of funny that family ties change as one gets older (not that I am getting old) and of course one also has more time to relate, think and enjoy.
I put the finishing touches on the deck yesterday.  It was a challenge to do some of the things that needed to be done but it seems now that this is a time when I can come up with ideas to make things work.  It has been a joy to get back into my wood shop and hear the sounds, smell the wood and take up the challenge of making something that in the end looks nice.  (a side note I will not say when the deck was made but for sure the finishing touches were long long long over due.)
Terry and I have decided that 5 of the storms what need to be redone will not get the overhaul but rather will hit the dumpster and new ones will come out of Carmen's Creative Woods.  That reduces the number of storms and screens to be redone to 8.  That means that last fall there were 27 to do and now only 8.  Kind of like the monkeys jumping on the bed and then there was less but here there are 19 less. 
Next week is Servant Camp.  For the first time since 1978 I will not be there.  I have had it on my mind a lot this week.  Throughout the summer I have not really thought about it a lot but now I find myself checking off things like the tents, the golf carts, staff assignments, tent assignments, T shirts, coffee house, night watch, staff party, weather reports, late campers, trippers etc. etc. etc.  Then I stop and say "wait a minute, God is in it and camp will be just as wonderful and perhaps better this year than any other time--thank you God".
Time to get some things done.