Sunset Remembered

I have to tell you, Mom, Edwin and I had an opportunity to join other former residents of Sunset this past Sunday in Spokane for a Sunset Reunion. What a wonderful day it was!!! There were folks that lived their prior to our living there and folks that were there when we were there -- don't think there were any current residents in attendance. We numbered about 30 in attendance.

From Spokane we drove to Endicott to see cousin Jared before his leaving for the west side. Let me tell you, this trip took us down memory lane. First through Malden, Pine City with a detour to Sunset before going on to St. John and Endicott. It had been many years since any of us had traveled these roads and what fun it was. Sunset is about the same as our days there. One thing we did notice (and Dick you'll enjoy this) the Knudsen family home is gone. There are some new homes since our days there to replace some that are gone. Something that never ceases to amaze me is how different a child's perspective is in size -- Sunset seems smaller today than when I was a kid living there!!

Happy 4th of July

July 4, 2008

l to r: Brian Parrish and kids offer a "cooling off" for parade watchers at the Johnson Parade;

Johnson Parade watchers, Brian, Christina, Evelyn, try to stay dry!;

Christopher takes aim . . .

Debbie and her boys, recent Ranger graduate Jarad, and Andrew, enjoying the Endicott 4th of July concert; and finally our Debbie sings for the crowd. The fireworks that followed the concert were spectacular!

Both events, the Johnson Parade and the Endicott evening festivities, were terrific and enjoyed. What a way to celebrate an 'ol fashioned 4th of July!!

It's about time

Well I figured it out...here are a few pictures from the reunion you all may like to take a look at. Enjoy.

Way to Go Nicole

Congratulations Nicole! For being the first "brave" one to post to the family blog you win a trip to Florida! Oops, guess you are already taking a trip to Florida. What fun it will be for you to drive back with Mary and Charles.

Thanks for being "brave" maybe you have inspired others to join us.

Postage.

I decided that I was going to be "brave" and post something on the blog. So! As some of you may know Mary and Charles are moving back to Washington from Florida. Well, I was going to go on a couple of trips this summer but they did not seem to follow through. So the new trip is that I am going to fly down to Florida, and then drive back with Mary and Charles to Washington. It is definately going to be a long drive, about 2 weeks. But I am definately excited! I have not really been anywhere fun and exciting so this will definately fill that void. Well there you have it. I was brave and posted something.

OK, we have been properly chastised for not using this site! The nice thing about the previous site was that it notified us when someone posted a picture or a comment. We loved that! Maybe someone can volunteer to be the "official notifier" with this site, until we start remembering to check often anyway. ???