We recently returned from a trip to Iowa. My family and Julie’s family both had family reunions, so we got to see and visit 50 of the 53 members of both families. Those not present had commitments that could not be broken. For my family it was the first time since December of ’99 that we were all gathered together. We had a family dinner at a local watering hole and a family gift exchange at my mom’s house later in the day. Immediately following the gifts was a massive family water fight with 500 water balloons and 20 or so super soaker water guns. At the end of the day I don’t think anyone had a dry piece of clothing on. It was great fun and a little hard to believe that that many adults could have such a good time without any hard feeling.
Julie’s family gathering was much more sedate with a large BBQ adult beverages and great conversation. We spent part of one day playing in West High’s annual golf outing. Shooting par golf and finishing dead last. We actually played well but could not make those birdie putts needed for the win. There were a few familiar faces there and the tourney was won by Dave Osborne and his team. I spent a little time chatting with him and getting caught up on his and Walt’s past.
We spent the 4th of July at the Coralville Reservoir, a little different than the white sunny beaches of south Florida. The weather there was amazingly hot. It was about 88 when we left Ft. Lauderdale and well over 100 in IC. The drive up was over 100 the entire trip with the hottest in Nashville at 113, according to our car temp gauge. Hard to believe that we had to come home to get to cooler weather.
The picture above was taken at my family reunion, From L-R Ben our oldest, Brandy girlfriend of Quin, Quin our youngest, Julie and myself, just getting into the water fight. Hope all is well for everyone and looking forward to next year class reunion