1st Peters Family Reunion!!!

Ok, out of 500 plus photos from just my camera, these are the few I chose to display of our super awesome Peters/Scollick Family Reunion. We had the most marvelous reunion in California from June 24th to the 27th, 2010. I believe Tiffany and Susan came up with the idea. We have never participated in a family reunion, so the Peters and Scollick cousins have not all been together in about 20 years. The first few photos are obviously at the beach with the Beus and Peters children. Both their mommies DROVE to California with a car full of kids!!!! First stop was the beach while we waited for the rest to fly to the sunny southern coast.

The first day was spent in Glendale where Den and I grew up. We shared many memorable stories and places with our very interested children. They seem to love hearing about all our childhood adventures, seeing our homes, schools, places we hung out etc. We met up with the Scollicks at Glendale City Hall where Grandpa Howard Peters was Mayor for two terms. After a tour, history lesson and pictures we headed to Brand Park for lunch and reminiscing. One of the most fascinating experiences was meeting the Disney Cartoonist who now owns Howard's office. He showed the grandkids how he first came up with idea to draw Mickey Mouse. He has since gone on to make the posters for all the Disney animated movies.

We toured Forest Lawn where the Peters ancestors are buried and then spent a fun filled day at the Scollick's backyard swimming and eating and eating and eating!!! Dennis announced to his children that Friday, the day we toured Glendale, was one of the best days of his life!!! I have to say, touring the home Dennis grew up in was also very moving for me. The photo in Dennis' entry is where we stood for our wedding photos. Now, there are these six wonderful grown-up children standing behind us, that have blessed our lives with an additional 27 more people to love in our family. Most everyone left Sunday morning. Those of us that remained, Treavor, Tara, Dennis and myself went to the Newport Temple which was truly lovely.

We appreciate all the Scollicks did to make us feel loved and welcome. A big thank you to Shauna for the wonderful family cookbooks she made for all of us! I've already made some of the recipes, and will always cherish it.