May 3, 2003
On May 3rd and 4th 2003 we all congregated
at the San Luis Obispo "Beach House" for
a combo celebration of Ben's Birthday and Fred's retirement.
Dinner was a Honey Baked ham with pinapple
sauce, macaroni and cheese and vegetables in an alfredo
cream sauce. Dessert was comprised of a white sheet
cake decorated by Loretta, homemade mint chocolate
chip ice-cream by Joel and Melissa and a cherry cheesecake
that Ben inadvertently sat on.(we let him eat that
piece!)
Earlier in the day, clayton spent some
time asking Grampa about what life was like when he
was a kid, and we all enjoyed tales of Grampa's childhood
shooting a .22 rifle, dead cows mooing, and black
and white television that had only 3 channels.
On Sunday we went to church in Santa
Maria to participate in and witness the blessing of
Joel and Melissa's newest addition Henry Frederick.
We adjorned to Joel and Melissa's place to take the
family portrait, which was followed with an afternoon
of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs.
It had been a year and a half since
all the family was together. It was great seeing one
another, and catching up on the details of life. All
in all we left one another grateful for having a family
to love and share with.
