Gabrielsen Family Reunion

We all gathered in St. George for the Lyman and Dorothy Gabrielsen Family Reunion.  All siblings were present and many of the grandchildren and great grandchildren as well!  It was a great reunion!

Friday evening we met at the "Paradise Bakery" for dinner and a chance to visit.

Pam and Roger put the reunion together and did a super job!

Hoagie sandwiches, salads, fruit, baked beans, chips and best of all - Krispie Kreme donuts for dessert!

The picnic gave us a chance to be together and enjoy delicious food!

Every family was represented!

Saturday morning the "Gabrielsen Open" golf tournament was held and Ken won the senior division and was awarded the "Duck"with Tom Young winning the junior division and receiving the coveted "Swedish Boy" trophy!

Trip to Logan and Jessica's visit part II

June 4th, we travelled with Pam and Roger to Logan where we met Joan and Missy and her children to decorate Mom and Dad's graves.  This day was Hal and my anniversary.  After our visit to the cemetery we ate lunch at Fredrico's pizza restaurant and then stopped for ice cream at the Aggie ice cream snack shop.  After a quick stop at the Bluebird we travelled on to the Wellsville cemetery to decorate the Park's graves - (they raised grandma Peterson after her mother died).
There is something therapeutic about the return to Logan every year - I am glad that we have that tradition!

June 5th was our Salad luncheon/tea party for the sisters, cousins and 2nd cousins.  We prepared some delicious salads and Joan made some wonderful cupcakes.  Allison brought mint brownies, Whitney contributed yummy fruit tarts and Kelly (with the help of Treygan) made tasty lemon rolls - Treygan is a great little chef!  It was a really tasty menu! Then after lunch we had time to share memories of Mom and Dad, family weddings and visit while the younger cousins and second cousins played and sang together.   All in all it was a fun event and we made some happy memories.

Sister chefs!  Everything was as good as it looks!  We missed you Kay and Cindy!!

Gigi sampling the maple frosting for the cupcakes!  Those cupcakes were soooo good - just ask Gigi!

Cousins!

Cousins and second cousins - our younger guests!

Jessica & Gigi's Visit Part I

Jessica and Gigi came to Utah for a visit and so of course we had to have lots of family gatherings so that everyone could see them and Gigi could get better acquainted with her cousins.

Our first get-together was for a pizza party on Saturday - May 26, 2012

Evan and his fan club of little girls - they all love the  wild games and stories!


Ella, Violet and Aleeya singing a song for us


Our next gathering was on Memorial Day/Jessica's Birthday
The kids enjoyed 4 Wheeling and then we had a barbecue and celebration of Jessica's birthday.

The kids enjoyed playing in Evan and Kelly's newly landscaped yard and jumping on their trampoline - until - Sam took a tumble and broke his arm.  That pretty much ended the fun!  Allison, Jon and Sam spent the rest of the evening (until after midnight) at the emergency room.  Hal and I took Alex, Lillian and Ella to their house and stayed with the kids until they came home.  Sam now has a cast on and hopefully all will heal well!

On Tuesday, the girls went to lunch at one of our favorite places - "Gingers".  Allison stayed home with Sam so we brought her a take out falafel - her favorite!

On Wednesday we took Preston to "Sakura" (a Japanese steak house) for lunch.  He snapped this picture of Gigi at the restaurant.  Jessica is now in Layton spending time with the Craws.  She will return next week to be with us for a few more days before her return to Portland.