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 Law Reunion 2014  
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Lizzy Hixson - Jan 31, 2014   View | Edit | Delete | Viewers
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   Mom, I'm going to go ahead and put this up for discussion. There is a question as to when would be the best time for
everyone to be able to attend this year's family reunion. I think that is easier to determine that by mentioning when it would
not work. What events have already been booked for everyone? MaryAnn, we know your due date on July 1st is
nonnegotiable. And probably some time leading up to it as well.
   

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Amy Kalbes - Feb 4, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I wouldn't say MaryAnn's date is nonnegotiable....she can WILL it to happen whenever she wants, right!? So if you could make it as convenient as possible for the rest of us we'd appreciate it....but we also expect it.   

Amy Kalbes - Feb 4, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   As to your other questions we are really available anytime.   

Leanne Law - Feb 5, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Oh good!   I keep thinking about this but keep forgetting to get it in the family site.   Thanks Lizzy!   

Irene Ryan - Feb 5, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Oh boy, am I out of the loop!   I used to get emails when someone added anything to this site, but they're not coming anymore.   Did not know about Amy's house.   Did not know about MaryAnn expecting.   As far as dates that are not available goes--Ian has scout camp the 2nd week of June (9-14) and Rheanna has Girl's camp Aug 5th-9th.   That's all I know right now.   

MaryAnn Anderson - Feb 5, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Well, I'm WILLING it to happen by June 30th, but...

So here's the deal with our summer.   Ed has a reserve job, and is in the process of applying to the
airlines.   He is officially off active duty July 21st and available to start working wherever.   We are having
a baby around July 1st (a girl Irene, since you refuse to get a Facebook account), Kim is turning 12 and
they don't have camp dates yet, and just to throw something else in the pot we MAY be moving and not
even know it yet.   So...you can probably count me out.   Or at least assume that we are not able to make
any definite plans and you should just plan around us anyway.

Having said that, Ed's family reunion is always the first weekend in August, and it is also his 20 year high
school reunion (I think the weekend after that) that he would like to attend, so the highest probability of
us coming home is early August.
   

Lizzy Hixson - Feb 5, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   David has a conference for work in September, but I doubt that month is even up for debate since a lot of
schools are back in session by then. The summer is pretty much open for us. So far it looks to me that
August is the better option at this point. Does that not work for anyone apart from the time frame that
MaryAnn and Irene already mentioned?
   

Sarah Law - Feb 9, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I don't know if I am going to be able to make it... I am SO funny, I know. I am graduating in May so I will
be here all week...and all summer I guess.
   

Boyd Law - Feb 9, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I think we're up for any time during the summer. Also, all are invited to come and visit us at their convenience and inconvenience. We now have a furnished guest room waiting to be used.   

Leanne Law - Feb 11, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Would love to come and see your furnished guest room.   Hopefully sooner than later.   

Irene Ryan - Mar 15, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Does your guest room sleep 9?

And anything that we do would have to be before August 5th.   Rheanna has her camp then, and Tim will be going back to work the following week.   But we also need to find out the timeline for summer school for Rheanna, which means that we can't go anywhere too early in July either.   I think we're getting pidgeon-holed into that last week of July/first weekend of August slot.

And the more snide comments I get about not being on Facebook, the less inclined I am to jump on it, MaryAnn.   Just so ya' know.   Apparantly Facebook turns people into JERKS.   (Ooops - I mean sweet and adorable! Hey Administrators have a lot of power.   We can edit anything:)
   

MaryAnn Anderson - Mar 16, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Now that you're blogging again, I won't give you a hard time about Facebook anymore...although I can't
promise to not make more snide comments about other things.   Sigh.   Maybe I am a jerk.   (I mean sweet and adorable - the mommy administrator strikes again)

And...they finally scheduled camp for Kimberlee.   Of course, it is the last week of July, beginning of
August.   I told you not to count on us.   :(.   Ed has talked about picking her up early (or having her skip
camp altogether - gasp!), but I still don't see us overlapping with you guys.   Grrr.
   

Boyd Law - Mar 16, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   No, the guest room is only for the adults. We can put a few of your kids in the boys' room, and the rest can sleep in the bonus room where we have a couple of old couches and plenty of floor space. So you have no excuse, except for the other excuses you have.   

Lizzy Hixson - Mar 17, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   So it just got a little more complicated, but mostly because of MaryAnn and Irene. Thanks a lot. However
we still haven't gotten everyone's plans yet, so there may be even more complications that haven't been
mentioned yet. At this point, August doesn't look like a very good option, except for the first week, but
that would probably leave MaryAnn out entirely. July is "iffy" as far as the beginning is concerned, until
Irene finds out the dates for that. Are your babies usually early, MaryAnn, or late? June, we at least know
Irene's dates and can plan around that, but that's also when kids are normally getting out of school, so it
would help to know those dates. So the way I see it, the later half of June or July looks to be the best
time frame to work with, but that also looks like it puts MaryAnn in a tight spot either way.
   

MaryAnn Anderson - Mar 17, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I keep telling you, don't plan with me in mind.   Plan for those that you know can probably come, and if we
are able to show up we will be there.   I promise not to be offended if you plan a family reunion during one
of the times I said I can't be there.   Well, I might be a little offended, but I'll get over it.
   

Leanne Law - Mar 23, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Dad has decided on Jun 17-19 to go camping and invite anyone that would like to come.   What say you?   We are thinking Bear Valley and Deadwood Reservoir.   We would also accommodate anyone who would like to come before or after but would rather not do the camp thing.   AND if we don't see you then - we will come see you MaryAnn!   

Amy Kalbes - Mar 24, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I want you to realize that it's only because I love my family that I will be joining you in the dangerous
animal park. Just thinking about it yesterday made me all sorts of terrified.
   

Lizzy Hixson - Mar 24, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Just to clarify, are you suggesting we have the family reunion in June, or are you just offering to have a
get together that month but plan on having the family reunion at a different time?
   

Leanne Law - Mar 24, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I guess what is happening is that Dad wanted to go camping in June and Eric wants to go fishing and Donna, Stephen and Lisa want to go camping so we picked a date and invited anyone that wants to come.   I'm also guessing that because of the distance and getting off work and so on, this will be the only time during the summer that Eric will be able to come.   I know its hard to go camping with little ones and you know we do that in the middle of the week so that leaves either the weekend before or the weekend after to have a get-together with anyone else that would like to join us at home while Eric is here.   But we will take whoever we can get whenever we can later in the summer too.   Somebody figure this out.   

Lizzy Hixson - Mar 25, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I wouldn't mind seeing Eric, but I know we will only be able to make one trip this year, until David's
vacation time is increased sometime in the later months. I'm up for scheduling the family reunion in June,
but my schedule is not really that complicated. So better to see what everyone else has to say (Irene in
particular, since she seems to have the most going on).
   

MaryAnn Anderson - Mar 28, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Will you come see us in St. Louis?   Because it looks like we're moving there this summer.   We aren't
sure when, but I think we've pretty much decided that is what we need to do.   Camping in June is a no-
go for us. :(
   

Irene Ryan - Apr 7, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I think we may be able to work in a trip in June, somehow.   Once I get Rheanna's summer school schedule figured out, we'll be able to work around it.   They only go into class once a week and they are allowed one absence, so there ya go!   

Lizzy Hixson - Apr 8, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I know that we won't be joining you on the camping trip and will most likely come up the day you all
return and stay a week, but we're still working out the details.
   

Lizzy Hixson - Apr 20, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Ok, I think the reunion is a go in June. I don't know who all is going camping but I think if we plan to have
the reunion after the camping trip, I think that would make the most sense. Does that sound like a plan?
   

Amy Kalbes - Apr 22, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   And I think you should just plan on coming camping. You have a minivan now, just sleep in that.   

Lizzy Hixson - Apr 23, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Lol. That's not the issue. I don't dislike camping. Our reasons are based on the complications that have
occurred with this pregnancy. Last time was fine, but we cut it a little close to Lucy's actual due date.
Even though this one's due date is a lot further out from the reunion, we're a little conscious of a bunch
of other things that concern my health.
   

Lizzy Hixson - May 19, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   We are heading up on the 17th, no doubt when everyone else is at the campsite, and then we will join
everyone there on the 18th, spend the night, and come back to the house the next day. We will then stay
in Idaho until Monday, the 23rd. That's what our plans are. What are everyone else's?
   

Leanne Law - May 20, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Dad is flying to Texas on the 13th so that he can travel with Eric on the 14th to Albuquerque and then on Sunday from there to Idaho.   Me - I will be here waiting for all of you to come.   I am shopping for beds and hope to have Queen beds for each couple when you arrive.   And food too of course.

I would like to have an articles of faith pass off with the grandkids so they better practice on their way up.   Prizes!  
   

Amy Kalbes - May 21, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Bed frames are $40 at Costco.   

Leanne Law - May 21, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   ok - thanks!   Actually last time I bought a matress (our queen matress) it came with the frame.   (It came with the frame?)(name that movie)   

Amy Kalbes - May 21, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   We'll probably be there the 14th to the next Saturday.   

MaryAnn Anderson - May 22, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   ...and...I'm already crying about missing this.   Sigh.   "Next year in Idaho....next year in the holy land!"   

Lizzy Hixson - May 22, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Aww, MaryAnn. I want you to come. Lucy has yet to meet all of her cousins and the bulk of them are
your daughters. Even David hasn't met them or even been introduced to Ed. We'll have to arrange a
visit. Either you come to our house or we come to yours. Or maybe meet somewhere in between. Hmm.
Of course it will probably have to wait until your crazy schedule goes back to normal and when David
gets an increase in his vacation time, which won't be until September, which is when our schedule will
turn upside down. I think those plans will have to be put on the back burner until next year. Man!
   

Leanne Law - May 23, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Yes, we are crying.   Next year we will be together.   Actually next year we should all go to Nauvoo and stay with you!   Irene and I were talking about that.   

Amy Kalbes - May 23, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I think we would be up for a trip to Nauvoo next year.   

MaryAnn Anderson - May 24, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   Ooooh, I love that idea!   We are really feeling like St. Louis is a temporary stop for us, so if you're going
to do it, next year would be the time.
   

Boyd Law - May 25, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   We'll probably be heading to Idaho on the 17th as well. I'll take the boys camping for one night while Rachel and Lydia stay with Rachel's family. After camping we'll stay until the 23rd, then head to Utah for a couple of days. We'll come back to Idaho for the night of the 25th and return to Oregon on the 26th.   

Lizzy Hixson - Jun 3, 2014   Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
   I think it's time we figure out meals. Since we're coming to the campsite later, I think we'll bring food with
us for that day. So the 18th is covered.
   

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