We spent the week of July 4th in Tennessee this year. We always love visiting the grandparents, but this time, we had an extra special reason to make the trip.
Not only did we get to visit with the Owen family on the fourth of July - Aunt Janice, Aunt Dalphene, Uncle Ray, Uncle Jim, Cousin Donna and her family, plus Cousin Daryl and his family - but we also attended the first-ever (at least to my knowledge) Harbison family reunion.
My Aunt Margie and Aunt Frances planned the gathering and invited every Harbison they could find. My grandmother, Carrie Edna, had 11 live births (and two stillborn), so there are a lot of of Harbisons out there!
As you can imagine, we're all spread out all over the country, so we weren't able to gather everyone, but each family was represented with the exception of Tom Harbison.
Not bad, eh?
It was lots of fun meeting new family. I'm so happy that I was able to go. I hope Margie and Frances plan another one soon! (But maybe next time, we'll have it in an air conditioned building. It was rather hot that day. Whew!)
Here are a few photos from our fourth of July spent on the lake with the Owen family.
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| Charlie loves water... any kind of water. Pool, ocean, lake. He's not picky. |
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This was Chase on the boat. Me thinks he might have his mother's motion sickness.
Sorry about that, Chase! |
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Charlie snuggled with me for a bit.
I loved it! |
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| Chase eventually perked up some. |
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| Isn't the lake beautiful? |
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| Sweet face. |
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| The Arning clan! |
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This was Charlie checking out the motor on the boat.
He stared at it forever, trying to figure out how it worked. |
Here are pictures from the Harbison family reunion.
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| Uncle Johnny and my Dad (brothers) |
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Dad is the baby of the family.
He says that everyone called him "Lil' Sweetie."
I'm not buying it. |
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| Aunt Frances |
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| Uncle Johnny |
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| Aunt Sammie (she's the oldest) |
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| Uncle Kenny |
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| How festive! |
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This is part of our family tree, but just immediate family.
There are too many to list otherwise! |
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| I think this photo is funny. |
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Cousin Kevin (Margie's son) and Charlie
Kevin is great with kids! |
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| Chase was getting a kick out of Aunt Sammie. |
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Dad and Kevin are like two peas in a pod!
BTW, Kevin is a carpenter like my Dad.
I'm going to send the boys to TN in a couple of years so Dad and Kevin
can teach them everything they know. |
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| Aunt Margie |
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Aunt Sammie with second cousin Joy and her husband Jethro,
who, by the way, live about 20 minutes from me in Huntersville! |
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| Aunt Sammie's family |
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| Aunt Frances' family (She had six kids!) |
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| Aunt Bille Sue's family (That's Billie Sue on the left.) |
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| Uncle Johnny's family |
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| Aunt Margie's family |
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| Uncle Bob's family (Bob passed away awhile ago.) |
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| My Dad's family |
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| Aunt Martha and Uncle Kenny |
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The Harbison brothers and sisters
(The other three have died, sadly.) |
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| The Harbison sisters |
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| The Harbison brothers |
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Carrie Edna's grandkids
(There are a lot of us! This is only a sampling.) |
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Carrie Edna's great-grandkids
(There are lots more of them! BTW, the cute girl in the aqua top behind Charlie
is Carrie Beth. She was a flower girl in my wedding...
when she was 8!) |
Until next time...
