The area that I chose for the reunion was a first come first serve area in town so Ashley made me some signs and David hung them for me the night before so that it would already be showing that we were there first!! When we arrived the day of the reunion the park was full of people!!! I was slightly frustrated as I could see that the signs were still up. I brought some of the things like bags of ships and juice over to the wall of the building and was told that it was a farmer's market that was going on and it was set to end at 11am. I left and went to Al's to pick up the meat tray that I had ordered and some soda's but when I returned a little after 11 I found that they were all still there!! Since there was all the people there I had no tables to put anything on or anything! We started having people arrive for the reunion and so I was running late getting everything set up! I was not happy fully at that moment but after about 30 min. they started to leave to the point of getting some tables!!The picture above is one of the signs that Ashley made for me! It is simple but I like it!
The pictures that I got are very few and are after most of the people had gone home. I forgot about pictures, I was enjoying conversations and food!!The one above shows the tables that we put together for the food and drink coolers. The white one was the one with soda and the red one has juice. I was not sure who drank soda or juice so I got both!! The food took up 1 and a half of the two tables. It was nice that there was enough for everyone to eat what they wanted and we still had some left! The desserts that were brought were brownies and since i don't eat chocolate at the moment, I didn't get any dessert! How sad!
Theses other two pictures are of random directions. The one above has Aaron's family at the table and I think the one standing in front of me is Lory.Below has some of Aaron's kids in it and Guy and Jana with her son Tristan. Ashley and a friend of hers is walking out of the pavilion.
All in all it was a fun time. I had never before planned a reunion so I had no idea what to do or anything about it really. I think that I did a good job considering! I guess other people thought I did a good job also since I was basically nominated to do it again next year! I don't have a problem with it but I have decided that we need to have more than just me deciding on things and paying for it! We should have some kind of committee or something! If anyone has any suggestions for me on things that would be fun to do, please let me know!! I did like Janice's idea of a fishing pond for the kids with small toys.
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Delegate, delegate, delegate! Think of what needs to be done, and assign everyone to something. In fact, if someone has a suggestion, assign them to do it! So, Janice likes the fish pond? Have her design and set it up. And maybe assign each of her kids to bring items to stock the fish pond (that way she could let them know how much of what, etc.). Assign someone juice, someone soda, someone bottled water. Maybe someone could come up with a kids craft, and someone else teen games (like volleyball, etc) and someone else adult games (like scattergories, etc). I'm sure everyone would be willing to contribute, although they'd also be willing to let you continue to do it if you don't ask for help. You definitely shouldn't be the one paying for everything! But, it sounds like fun. Wish we could have been there! I'd love to see everyone for an event other than a funeral!
I agree with all that Alison said. You definitely should spread the responsibilities to as many people as you can. Looks like a fun time! I really wish we could have been there.
It was good to see everyone... im really glad you put it together.
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