Time Marches On

We had a Reece family gathering at our house this past weekend to celebrate a couple of milestone birthdays.  Tom's oldest sister, Pat turned 65 in August and her husband, Dick will turn 70 in December.  With Tom's 60th happening this past April we had decided that we would celebrate them all at the same time.  We timed it to have Stuart and Heajin home to get a chance to catch up with their relatives.

I spent many hours making  a pinata for Pat & Dick's birthdays.  We have been trying to talk them into travelling more in their retirement - hence the globe theme for this one.

 It is filled with items following the travel theme.  They had a hard job getting this to bust open.  I obviously made the pinata far to well!!

Pat and Dick working on the Pinata

  I had also built one filled with goodies for the little ones.  They had lots of fun getting this one to bust open.

Melissa and Shawn's  little guy Austin giving is a go

Melissa's other little one Caleb and Andrea and Scott's son, Owen  ready to  smash the pinata

Kristal and her little ones Ali and Ben

 A chance for brother and sister to catch up on the gossip.  Here they are with Heajin and Jennifer's boyfriend Adam parked around the kitchen table.  We have two Adams now.  Kristal's husband and Jennifer's boyfriend.  Just to keep things interesting.

Adam, Jen, Heajin and Stuart

The cousins have not seen each other for awhile.  Melissa and Andrea are Tom's sister Bev's daughters.  Kristal and Kevin are Pat's kids.  Kevin had to work and could not attend.  The other two cousins, Brian's girls, Rachel and Dawn also did not attend.  It was nice though for these five to have a chance to get back in touch.

Stuart, Andrea, Jennifer, Melissa and Kristal

It was an opportunity for Tom to visit with his siblings.

Brian, Tom, Pat and Bev

It was a nice surprise to have two of Tom's cousins, Roger and Darryl to arrive.  They brought Tom's aunt Joyce with them.  She is 84 years old and a real card.  It was really great to have them with us. 

Darryl, Roger and Auntie Joyce joined the group.

It was a cold and windy day but we did manage to spend the afternoon outdoors.  Tom handled the bbq and  got everyone fed. Thanks everyone for coming and helping us celebrate those special birthdays as well as to welcome Stuart and Heajin back to Canada.

Until next time - safe travels.