Living Life on the Wild Side

Vern's mom is one adventurous Great Grandma.  She might be 88 but she is still young enough to enjoy a fun ride on a motor cycle.  I love it how her age has not slowed her down. 

10 Years Ago Today!

Ten years ago today on a hot summer day,  Caleb and Kristina were married.  How we thank the Lord for bringing them together and for their love and commitment to do life together.  I started a tradition of giving them a traditional anniversary gift each year, always with an interesting twist.  The first year the traditional gift is paper.  So that year they got Kleenex,  paper towels, toilet paper and things like this.  This year the traditional gift is tin and aluminum.  It didn't take me long to be able to figure out things I could give them with that.  :)

Happy 10th Anniversary Caleb and Kris!  Have a great time celebrating!  (Grandma is just a phone call away to baby sit.)  Keep investing in your marriage and each other.  May you enjoy MANY, MANY more great years ahead!

Smoking in the Smoke House

For a few days before the Family Reunion Vern was prepping his smoke house in order to use it.  The Dyck clan enjoys making their own smoked sausage so Vern wanted to make sure everything was in good working order.  Therefore, one of the events during the Family Reunion was our "Pig Kill" day.  The Dyck men had pretty big smiles on their faces all day as they enjoyed the sausage making process and enjoyed hanging around the smoke house.

Family Photo Booth

During the Family Fun Fair we had a Photo Booth.   Here is OUR FAMILY! (Since there are so many pictures I made them small, however you can click on each picture to get a better view.)

Family Fun Fair

Another event we enjoyed during our Family Reunion was a Family Fun Fair.  We wanted all the kids to come away from the family reunion with some fun memories.  So we set up booths and us adults took turns at the booths as the kids had fun playing the games.  I think the "Tattoo Parlor" happened to be a popular booth.  The little ones enjoyed the "Fishing Pond" and the "Buried Treasure" booths.  They also all enjoyed the candy filled pinata.