So, what does one do at a reunion celebrating the "Tribe of Mahlon"?
We all look at pictures: Danny, grandma and Ben
And then we all get to know each other again: Yvonne with Ian and Rachelle with one of Angie's twins.
And of course we play games, and more games, and more games...Do not play Monopoly with these guys! They are wicked.
"Dutch Blitz" Definately a family past time.
We take pictures...
There are 30 first cousins. We were only missing 6 (Monty, Roger, Tim, Adam, Heidi and Rob).
Back row: Art, Ryan, Scott, Josh, Kendal, Jed, Micah, Steve
Middle row: Liz, Jen, Shannon, Rachelle, Mike, Jared, Dan, Katelyn
Bottom row: Laura (me), Sheila, Angie, Kim, Taylor, Becky, Bethany, Sarah
My Grandma is on the very bottom.
The aunts and uncles: Paul, Mark, Elmer, Barb, Ben, Mary (mom), Ez, Nora (Bets), Verton and Danny with grandma on the bottom. Uncle Joe passed away last August.
Cuddles with grandma.
Aaron climbing the rock wall.
Playing pool with Keegan.
From Crooked Creek we went to the church for grandma's open house. I won't bore you with all the details other than there were a lot of people. At one point the line went out into the parking lot. So while grandma and the aunts and uncles stood in the receiving line, some of us cousins sat and "descreetly" took pictures of some of the Amish kids coming through. Please note the bare feet. I tried to get a close up of the feet, especially the boys, but couldn't. They were extremely dirty little feet.
We are referred to as the "Tribe of Mahlon" because of my grandpa who passed away in 1990. One of the things we talked about at the reunion is how greatful we are that grandma and grandpa provided such a good Christian home to their kids.
And we'll do it all again in June, 2011. 
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