Our
home has returned to a state of stability after an exciting Dueck
Gathering. We enjoyed the visiting time, reconnecting with family we
had not seen for a while, visit with nieces & nephews, and the
growing grandchildren. We also welcomed our newest adult member,
Alli Durksen (Tim’s wife).
Some
of the highlights as expressed by different people on the evaluation
sheets were:
Campfires, casually
visiting with cousins, seeing kids get along.
Saturday banquet
program, stories by Elfrieda about Mom + Dad Dueck, pictures of
families, campfire chats.
Seeing the kids have
fun connecting with out of town family. The attention given to the
child entertainment. Thanks!!
Fireside chats,
worship on Sunday, family history shared – all wonderful.
Beach was a good
afternoon outing that the younger families enjoyed.
I am not sure what
to say because there were lots. The meals were fabulous, the kids
activities were really over the top, the stories of grandma and
others were great, the visiting and fellowship super, visiting with
all ages, the water fights were great to watch ,the firesides were
great – Ted’s stories. I guess I saw my kids having a great time
and that makes my time even better.
We
had 44 people attend the entire weekend (23 adults, 14 children
{5-12}, and 7 pre-school {0-4}), 5 adults joined us for the Saturday
banquet, for a total of 49 for all or part of the weekend. We missed
those of you who were unable to attend and hope you will be able to
join us for the next time.
Ted
became our ‘unofficial’ event photographer – Thanks Ted. Some
casual pix are embedded below. To see the full complement of
pictures check out the Shutterfly website
http://dueckfamily2012gathering.shutterfly.com/.
These pictures give a good overview of the weekend activities. And
thanks to Dave Stobbe, he was able to assemble us again for a large
group family photo. We will post a link to Dave’s family pix on
the blog. http://dueckfamilygathering.blogspot.ca/
Many
wonderful memories were made and everyone agreed that we want another
event of this nature in three years.
The
new planning committee consists of the families of Ted & Mary and
Jake & Eleanor.
Love
and Blessings,
Jake
& Eleanor and Elfrieda & James and Ted & Mary
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