Friday, July 6, 2007

Reunion 2007 - Williams, Arizona

The Hjalmarson-Flood-Baldwinson reunion was held at the Mountain Ranch Resort near Williams, Arizona on June 22-24, 2007. This was the 15th biannual reunion and the highest attendance ever - 53 people ranging in age from 75 (Larry the elder) to 10 months (Savanna) and 11 months (Isabelle). People traveled from the farthest reaches of the country - George and Jo Vaughan from North Carolina and Margret from Virginia.

A huge thanks to Mike and Theresa for organizing the reunion. They picked a great location with lots of outdoor activities for young and old. There were horseback rides, swimming, volleyball, horseshoes, tennis and a wild scavenger hunt won by Halldor and family. No one else realized you could find so many Tee Pees in a grocery store.

We had a great barbecue followed by a slide show, singing and story telling by our senior member, Larry the elder. We remembered three family members who passed since the last reunion - Mary Flood, Perky Beals and Rene Jones.

A number of locations were suggested for the next reunion. Please post the suggestions to this blog. Mike Baldwinson and Joel may sort out where we might go.
The whole clan.

Baldwinson clan
Brad clan
Hjalmar clan
Magnus clan
Flood Yates clan
Gunnar clan
Halldor clan
John Ingvar clan
Trouble
More trouble
What we do best.
We do this well, too.
Mike, Jr., our great leader inspires us. Sense the excitement.
Double trouble.

3 comments:

mike said...

ok i am bloggging...whew...old guy is in cyberspace again....had fun at reunion....both of us..

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed the reunion too. Looking forward to the next one. My votes: California or Arizona. Keep the reunion in the Southwest.

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Anonymous said...

Well written article.