Family Gathering

Hello all,

I am sure everyone is super busy getting the last minute preparations ready for Christmas. I just wanted to send out a little message regarding the family gathering.

At this point the Silvers, Koppingers, and Scott are all signed up to attend. We already checked into plane tickets this past weekend. As of now our plan is to fly into Minneapolis and drive from there. JJ, Jon and I are all planning to take the late flight out on Wednesday night and then either try to crash at Patti's house that night and get up early to drive to the cabin or drive to the cabin straight from the airport...that all has yet to be determined. We will be staying until Sunday and then catching a late flight home Sunday night. Mom and Scott are also going to be attending but they plan to probably stay a bit longer and are throwing around all sorts of crazy ideas like making it into a week trip and driving there with the camper, or flying into Duluth and staying longer that us. Who knows what they will decide...but they will be there for sure.

Cassie and I had a phone conversation the other night and decided that we all need to try and make these family gathering a priority. Sure it isn't as easy as meeting at Grandma's every Saturday and Sunday but we are still the same family and as time goes by and families expand it is just going to get harder and harder for all of us to get together. If you get any harrassing emails/phone calls from any other family member...just realize it is because we are really hoping we can get EVERYONE to attend!!

We have an awesome family who has created so many wonderful memories over the years...we need to make sure we keep expanding on those memories rather than just living in the past. Cassie had a great point we don't want to turn into one of those "Wedding and Funeral Families".

Anyways sorry for dragging this out. I hope everyone is on the same page. Request your days off now, plan your travel now, and get ready for an awesome family gathering in August!

NO EXCUSES WILL BE ACCEPTED!

Love you all!
Kelli