Smith Lake Fun!

We had such a fun trip this summer with Mimi and DoDad to Smith Lake! The past few years we have had a great lake trip with the Bullard family all together, and this was one of the most fun! The home that we stayed in was beautiful, and with the kids being a little older it is a little easier to enjoy it all! Sarah Caroline almost got up on water skis, and Ben, Luke and Sarah Caroline loved knee boarding. Sam even rode in the inner tube behind the boat! VERY SLOW!! Uncle Talmadge was very patient to entertain us all with driving the boat! Luke became very independent with the kayak, and was pretty content kayaking around the cove by himself most of the time. Sam and Graham took more notice of each other, which was fun for us to see. And of course we ate a lot! Thanks, Mom and Dad, for a fun vacation! Thanks, Rebecca and Justin and Katie and Talmadge for putting up with us and our kiddos for several days!!

Not the best picture, but Katie insists we have pictures made despite our appearances, after all, how will we remember these fun times with no pictures!

Mimi celebrated her birthday while at the lake, and we won't say what number. But we have pictures of her skiing, and how many grandmothers out there water ski???. We are so proud of having such "youthful" grandparents!!

Sam and Graham checking each other out!

Sarah Caroline is wondering why there are no pics of her on the knee board or skiis. ???? She really was there. I think I was videoing the events, and I don't know why Marcus and I didn't split that job up better. We never are very organized about this!!

Ueltschey Reunions

In June we had a weekend full of reunions in Forest. The most interesting was a ceremony and reception to reveal a new historical marker for the Ueltschey Tannery in Morton. We had the chance to see many several Ueltschey cousins as well as visit with several state senators who came for the big event. This marker had been destroyed over time, and over the past several years the Morton Homemakers raised the funds to have the sign replaced. Marcus shared with the group the history of Albert Ueltschey, his great great grandfather, who founded the tannery during the Civil War. We were all relieved when the sign was "unveiled" that the spelling of the family name was correct!!

There was also a family reunion later that same day with another part of the Ueltschey family, which Marcus and his brother and two of our kids made an appearance for. That same night, he had a small get together with some high school friends who were in town. What a weekend of reunions!