Life at Willis Creek Ranch: Family Reunion 2015

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.

You can see an entire album of photos from the reunion by clicking here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/williscreekranch/sets/72157656347470095

You can see a video with snippets from the reunion by clicking here.
https://vimeo.com/135014362

And here are links to all 4 of the Family Reunion Posts.
Family Church - http://lifeatwilliscreekranch.blogspot.com/2015/08/family-reunion-family-church.html
Lunch - http://lifeatwilliscreekranch.blogspot.com/2015/08/family-reunion-lunch.html
Dental School Tour - http://lifeatwilliscreekranch.blogspot.com/2015/08/family-reunion-dental-school-tour.html
Dinner and Evening - http://lifeatwilliscreekranch.blogspot.com/2015/08/family-reunion-dinner-and-evening.html

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!!