It was fun to be in Salmon for "Salmon River Days" and to see so many old friends. It morphed into a Furness family reunion of sorts. Amber and her kids were out west visiting from Georgia, (Uel was still deployed to Afganistan at the time) and she was in Salmon to attend her 15 year reunion. Grammie Sherri came out as well to visit old friends. Brandon and Celia and kids came too, from Washington. That meant at least 1/2 of the Furness family was there. That was a miracle in and of itself! It is no easy task to get the Furness's all together, between babies being born, hectic family schedules and military deployments! But that was seriously the best part of the trip--seeing family.
Here we are at my dad's grave site. Seeing the kids crawl all over his tombstone made me happy and imagine what it would be like if he were still here and what a great Grandpa he would be. I'm sure he'd adore his grandchildren and wouldn't mind them crawling all over him.
My 20 year high school reunion in Salmon!
Isn't that insane--20 years?! It's funny, I don't feel that old. But I must admit 20 years is a long time!
It was a lot of fun to see everyone and get caught up. Stacie was as crazy as ever! She came dressed as Madonna- big surprise! You gotta love her! :) It was 80's night, hence all the crazy outfits.
Me, Stacie Taylor Lawler, Suzette Stenerson, Krista Smith Nebekker, Jill Goodman, McKinley, Kelly Fraser Rhodes, and Nate's Taylor's wife :)
We had it out at the city park. It was really cold and windy!
The Ry Guy threatening to throw Cade off the boat! Amber, Hailey, Claire, Kenna and Meggie look on.
Claire Bear at the city park for the highschool reunion family picnic.
Me, Stacie Taylor Lawler, Suzette Stenerson, Krista Smith Nebekker, Jill Goodman, McKinley, Kelly Fraser Rhodes, and Nate's Taylor's wife :)
We had it out at the city park. It was really cold and windy!
Cindy Morgan, Kim Trogden, Me, Suzette, Stacie, Kellie, Morton Howe is behind Stacie. He was the foreign exchange student our Senior year from Germany. He lived with the Taylor's that year. He's a lot of fun. I think he won the "traveled the farthest award". He came all the way from Europe for the reunion.
William's Lake with the Arfmann Clan
Hans and Claire on Ryan Arfmann's boat at William's Lake. Hans had just tried wake surfing for the first time, and he was a natural. He got right up and stayed up for a loooong time.
Mitchell and Lexi with one of Jamba Juices employees from I.F.
The Ry Guy threatening to throw Cade off the boat! Amber, Hailey, Claire, Kenna and Meggie look on.
Claire Bear at the city park for the highschool reunion family picnic.
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