You have to admit, this is pretty cute. Longaberger Baskets had a display at the Country Living Fair last weekend, and our new friend (Carol, was it Marcelle?) took our picture. He is one of the basket weavers.
My two sisters looking fab in front of one of several Fall displays throughout the grounds....
Just to give you an idea of the historic village where the fair was held...
We COUNT NOT stay away from the delicious desserts at the Columbus Fish Market restaurant! That cheesecake was enough for all three of us to enjoy back at the hotel. I'm holding a creme brulee, with a burnt sugar topping...yum!
Carol - "hotel concierge extraordinaire." Let me just say that we received hot chocolate chip cookies and many extra bottles of shampoo, shower gel, etc. thanks to her "due diligence" after we had called down for towels on more than one occasion and never received them....as "per normal", Carol was on the case.....
We had had beautiful weather, and outside of a blown tire, everything went smoothly. Thanks for the great time, Rach and Carol!
NYKERK FAMILY REUNION
We also had the reunion at Cousin Dave & Mary's cottage last Monday. A few shots are below. Other than Scott and myself, everyone else seems to have aged a bit? I don't get it. Anyway, had a nice time, lots of laughs over old memories, and even Jack behaved himself for the most part (at least he recognized me). He and Dave had lots of old pictures of the Nykerks from way before our time that I had not seen before, and the one I scanned below is my favorite:
Uncle Chet, Aunt Lu and Dad: This was taken on Griggs Street in Grand Rapids - no date, but I would guess around 1932.
All of the "first cousins" that were there....
Most of Harry's kids - missed you Carol and Rachel! Just so you know, Scott was there, but he must have been getting seconds on dessert....
And, of course Uncle Chet's girls and spouses...
And last but not least, Aunt Lu's boys and spouses - am I the only one who thinks Loren looks just like Aunt Lu? No one else thought so....
We talked about everything from the Minnow ponds to how Carol and I used to collect the money for Jim and Bill's paper route. Lots of laughs.
4 comments:
Thanks for the update Aunt Jean. The basket picture was really cute. And I love looking at old photographs, thanks for including the one of Grandpa as a young boy :)Should we plan a family breakfast before Aunt Carol leaves? I'm free next saturday morning.
Great pictures Jean, I did have fun at the country living fair. Breakfast sounds good too !
Good updating! Glad you guys had fun at the fair. Those desserts sure looked tasty!!!!!!
Good job Sis...The CL fair was a blast as was the hotel and fish market. Breakfast sounds great. Tell me when
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