Showing posts with label Family Reunion 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Reunion 2015. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Family Reunion - Dinner and Evening

We ended our reunion with dinner together at Thousand Hills Lake Dining Lodge.  A lovely setting for good food and visiting.




Wanda, Joel, Chrissie, Becky, David, Donna,
Stephanie, Shannon, Paul, Jane, Julie, Milaynie, Chris

Candace, Sarah, Mama, Lavonne, John Howard, Dorothy, Robert,
Mitch, Jan, Marvin, Daddy, Joe, Diane

Sarah, Korin, Susanna, Jonathan, Hannah, Rachel, Rojina,
Lyn, Amanda, Anna, Matthew, Evan, Jennifer

Sarah, Korin, and Susanna

Joel, Wanda, Chrissie, Chris, Milaynie

Stephanie and Shannon

Jack and Mitch

David and Evan 
Matthew agreed to sing 'They Call the Wind Mariah' for us.  You can hear a snippet of it on the video that I have linked at the bottom of this page.  And you can also hear Mama talking about what that song means to her on the same video.



After dinner some of us went to my house to sing and visit and relax.  A wonderful evening that we just didn't want to end!





Rachel and Rojina

Mama and Daddy


Diane and Marvin

This made me laugh... where is David???

David 'seated' at the head of the table...
but there was no chair so he sat on the floor.  :D

Rachel, Candace, Laura, Korin, Sarah, Susanna, Hannah -
before the girls left for home.

Family Reunion - Dental School Tour


After lunch we toured the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health.  This time we were able to see one of the state of the art teaching labs and got a bonus - a tour of the ATSU Simulation Lab.  How fun!!  As we joked that afternoon, "What does YOUR family do during a family reunion?"  :)  

This was nice - on every screen in the building.  

state of the art dental teaching lab

fascinating!  See the 'dental patient' at the bottom?




Then we were greeted by the wonderful Director of the Simulation Lab, Lisa A.  She gave us a great tour, too!



We were pretty excited to gather around the simulated patient and experience that.  It has all physiological features like pulse, heartbeat, respiration.  It is even equipped to 'talk' to you if the person running the simulation chooses to.  It is to help teach the med students how to diagnose and treat patients.  Very cool!!


checking vitals of the simulated patient

Anna and Julie

Uncle Mitch

Sarah and Joe

trying to gather around the simulated patient for a family group photo... couldn't quite fit everyone in one picture.

Here are 'most' of us... couldn't get the whole crew in one photo.  :)

Candace reconnecting with Lisa - old friends (and singers)
from college days.

Sarah and Laura

Sarah, Julie, and Anna

view from inside the dental school

After the tours of the labs, we gathered in a classroom to view a family slideshow and share stories.  :)


Daddy - ready to start the slideshow

wonderful time of stories and visiting!

Family Reunion - Lunch


Splitting the family reunion posts up into smaller posts.  :)  After family worship time many of us went to Kings Buffet for lunch.  


Anthony, Janna, Julie, Scottie, and Jordan

Daddy, Mama, Jan, Mitch 

Joel, Chrissie, Jonathan, Robin

Kristina (holding Christopher), Jane, Donna, Stephanie, Shannon,
Zachary, and Aaron

Sarah, Evan, Parker, Margy, Becky, David, Joe

Paul

Laura, Marvin, Tina, Jennifer
Charlie, Jim, Lyn, Amanda

Jan and Janna

Charlie and Joe

Jordan, Anthony, Scottie, Janna 

Parker and Margy