The Ike and Florin family reunion was small in attendance but mighty in comraderie! Juli, my sister, worked very hard to make it happen and she did a terrific job. We gathered at 11:00 and played a Florin and Ike trivia game and viewed a table with artifacts from their lives and looked for ourselves on a chalkboard pedigree chart. Brent brought a huge poster he had created a while ago that included even more genealogy. Lunch was next and we enjoyed create-your-own sandwiches with plates of cold cuts and condiments and everyone brought sides to share. Juli baked oatmeal cut out sugar cookies that Florin used to bake all the time. Amy brought delicious gluten free cookies for me (and her) to enjoy. We had a good family meeting afterwards and then it was time to take a photo and say farewell until 2029 where we are thinking we might have the reunion in California.
Back row:Cory Ellsworth (all you can see is his right arm),Emily Nicoll holding Jace, Amy Ellsworth, Parker, Brig, Evie and Brent Bowden, Jim Nowden, Anne Bowden Stokes, Steven, Steve
Middle row: Rob and JoAnne Bowden, Rose and Susette Bowden, Jesse and Kat Davies, Elise, Jeremy Davies
Seated: Jeanne, Jim, Juli Front row: Micah, Ben and Lucy Nicoll
Here is all that is left of Ike and Florin's children.
The pedigree chart and the artifacts table and two of Ike's paintings
After a little rest at our hotel, Juli, Jeremy, Jesse, Kat and their dog Tucker joined Steve, Steven, Elise and me at the Verde River to cool off a bit. It was a great time. (p.s. Elise is not really fishing. She wanted to re-create something she did when she was a little girl visiting the Verde River with grandma and grandpa. And, look for the photo of the swallow nests way up on the cliff face.)
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