FERRIN FAMILY REUNION

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLIE!!

She would have been 100 years old this year.

I love this picture of my mom. It was her senior picture. In her Weber yearbook she wrote "I look like I was going to bawl."

We had a wonderful display table with things she had made, and letters she had written. Also a beautiful black dress that was hers and one she had made for a dance festival or "All Faces West" that looked like a pioneer dress. An unfinished table cloth that Milo took home for his wife Connie to finish. Aprons, blankets, and wash rags made into baby clothes for shower gifts. Books she had read to my kids as children. Depression dishes, her diary when she was 16 years old. Her high school year book, and an example of a doily that she made many of. There were life histories, and aprons....she did so may things in her life time.

We gathered pictures of Mother and Nikki put together a wonderful DVD with old songs like "Turn around" by Rosemary Clooney, "I've got a crush on you" by Frank Sinatra, "Sisters, Sisters" Rosemary Clooney, What a Wonderful Life " by Louis Armstrong. Also "Always" and "I'll be there". It was very touching. Much Love to Nikki and all of my kids with help for the reunion. Here is a sample of some of the pictures that were on the DVD:

Mom is the one on the right. These are her friends from Provo.

They remained good friends their whole lives.

A couple of pictures of mom and dad when they were dating.

Mom's engagement picture.

This is one of my favorite pictures of mom.

Family picture without Ray who was serving in Korea in the Airforce.

I think this is the last family picture we had taken all together.

The following is my all time new favorite picture of mom:

Well that is just a sampling of the pictures used in the DVD.

We had a picture taken with most of the people that came to the reunion. Some had left before pictures were taken. We had about approximately 50 attend.

Siblings Ray, Carolyn, Rosalie, and Colleen

The gang of Ferrins

Is it me, or is Carly the only one paying any attention to the photographer which was Doug by the way. Oh well, you know how it is a family reunions.

And last but not least, a picture of the Wilson Branch with our matching shirts:

First a picture from years past.

This was taken the year mom was honored as the Pleasant View Founders day Grand Marshall of the parade. Every sibling's family had these shirts made to honor her. This year 2011 our family decided to bring back the shirts:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

WE LOVE YOU!!

Party on Wilsons........

The same day as the "Ferrin" Reunion, we also had the"Wilson" reunion.

We enjoyed good food.

"Dark Horse" the best band ever...

A cousins dance off....

Doug and my annual dance.

Here are some pics:

Dark Horse....note the new shirts.

Rod and Peg get things going...

Nik warms up......

Carly and Nik get started.....

The cousins have a "Dance off"

Sidra gets her bootie on....

Carly digs deep for a kick from a prior time..you still got it C

In the end they all take a bow.....

We mustn't forget the little 2nd cousins......

They had fun too. Others joined in the fun as well...

We also celebrated Martin's Birthday....

He blew out his Birthday Candles.....

and the band sang him a unique "Happy Birthday Song"

The party was a great success as always.

Of course Doug and I danced our annual dance together.

It goes something like this...........

Left ...Right....step step

Left ...Right....step step.

It takes a a few "bars" to remember...but eventually we get it down.

Thanks to the "Morris" family for all the planning and fun...

FERRIN FAMILY FOREVER....

REUNION TIME

This weekend we had our annual reunion.

Thanks to Rosalie's family for putting it on.

A special thanks to Tamera and John for letting us invade the back yard.

Here are a few pics of the day...

Here we are the 4 of us Ferrin siblings still a kickin.

We confuse our grandchildren.

One of them thought Rosalie was Carolyn's mother....

One of mine asked me if I was the oldest [whitest hair I guess]

This is a test....what is the order of our birth?

Answer: #1 is #1, #2 is #4, #3 is #2, and # 4 is #3.

Got it????

Tamara in the turquoise shirt was the Hostess with the most-est.

Richard standing and Rosalie on the far left were in charge.

Ray and Suzanne and Family relax in the shade.

The Fletcher Gang was there as well...

in the center is John and Melissa Clark....

my famous cousins who wrote the book...

"Road to Zion".

John also designed the new Utah licence plate.

If you look close you may see my family scattered about.

We were there I promise.

Love you Ferrin Family

Things I am missing day 4..........

HIGH SCHOOL!!!

I have had a lot of time to think about this as we had our first annual Birthday party sleepover for the girls of Weber High Class of "68"

We all turn "60" this year.

I guess we will keep having them until no one shows up cause we are all gone.

We had it in Deer Valley planned by Patrice and Brenda.

There were 14 of us. We had a lot of fun.

Here we are.

You either "loved" or hated High School.

I loved it and did not want to leave.

Here are a few pictures so you can get an idea of the fashions and activities of the day.

This was a picture for some awards deal.

The guy on the right is Bob Kaiser, I think he went on to play professional baseball. The rest of us live around here but I have not seen Julie for at least 20 years and Ron for about 41 years.

I miss the fun times I had with the Cheerleaders:

How about you? What do you miss?

How about the dances?

Here is an example of a few of mine.

This could have been Prom my Junior Year.

Got to love the gloves.

My mom made the dress. It was a white sequined bodice with chiffon skirt.

My hair was an updo using my hair and a switch [fake pony tail]

This is Doug, not my Doug, but Doug never the less.

We shared the same birthday 1/16/50 as did his mom and dad.

Sadly he drowned in Pine View dam.

Could have been Prom my Senior Year

Got to love the Tux.

Same Hair do, same dress, same gloves.

Hey when we had a dress that worked, we just kept on using it.

Different guy. This is Gary. I wasted years on this guy.

Hey, did you waste years on any guy?

Here is something I miss:

Long hair, thick eyeliner, white lipstick, and close friends.

This is Cathy... I miss her.

I vaguely remember a graduation party was at Chris's in Huntsville. It was "wild" and the music was loud and I don't think we stayed long. We should have stuck around to be designated drivers. That was before seminary's planned graduation parties to keep you out of trouble. Can't remember what else we did....probably a sleepover with friends at Cathy's. I'll have to ask Cathy, she still remembers everything, even the details of every dress we ever wore to the dances.

And how about Baccalaureate?

You have just got to love the hats....

This makes me laugh, I must have been afraid to mess up my hair as it looks like a floater just sitting on top of my head like that. That is me on the left with the black skirt. Note the sway back legs? I still stand like that with my legs swayed and my shoulders slumped.

Ah, there are just too many memories to write about. It is fun to reminisce about the good old days. I am just getting to the age where people say do you remember yada yada, yada? ..... and I think was I there? Did that really happen?

What was your most embarrasing High School moment?

My most embarrassing moment in High School was at the "Little Brown Jug" game. The football game between Ogden and Weber High. It was held at the Ogden Stadium where the Rodeo is now. We lost big time that year and all we cheerleaders could think about was getting our POM POMS off the Goal Posts because we were afraid those mean Ogden Tigers would steal them.........as I was climbing up the ladder leaned up against the goal post, the announcer said "Would the Weber cheerleader please get off the field until the game is over?" I wanted to die..... to cry....to dig a hole and crawl in.....I am glad I do not have a picture of that one.

I miss the days of High School, but I would not want to go back.It is fun however to get together with classmates and remember some of the good times.

PS: We had to wear dresses or skirts to school. No pants, no shorts. We used to get in trouble for wearing our long dresses to school. They were called "Granny Dresses"and came clear to the floor. We also got in trouble if they thought our skirts were too short. They made us kneel down and if our dresses did not touch the floor we had to go home. The guys got in trouble if their hair was too long.....seriously.

That is what I was missing this weekend.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST....SUMMERS END...

SUMMER ENDS WITH WILSON PARTY

So what is so fun about the "Wilson Summer Party"?

The Band

"Dark Horse"

They play all the great hits from "my generation" that are timeless...like..

"Lady in Red", California Dreamin, Aquarius, and many more.

They are just awesome!!!

The dancing:

Carly, Nik, Dakota, [Rod in back] Cassidy

It's a "Wild Ride" for all......

Even the babies get into it.....

Campbell and Pooh, Luke and Farrah

George and Shelly

ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY NIK AND FRIENDS

Some just relaxed...

Sisters

Bob and Nate ..........Guy talk

Some Played.......

Some Visited...

Prothero Family

Mark and Destiny

Curran and Family

Some tended babies:

Proud Grandpa Kenny and Owen

Daddy and Campbell......and Pooh

Cousins Caught up while popping Corn and making Snow cones

Kristi, Peg, Nik, Ann, and Bradi [in front].

Some ate the Snow Cones

Lindsey and Christian....yum..

Some worked the crowd....

And some discover new friends...

Emma. Analyn, and Whitley

Well, we had good food, good friends,

good family, good music,

and all around it was a

GOOD NIGHT!!

Thanks to Ann and Bob our Hosts with the Mosts...

And Rod and Peg for organizing...

Until next year before the sun goes down and it is all just a memory again..

What a "rockin Good time"!!!!

GOOD NIGHT AND GOODBYE