Family Reunion in Tennessee

On May 5th through the 10th, Mel and I joined his brothers and sisters and their spouses for a family reunion in Pigeon Forge, TN. One brother, Leroy, from Washington state didn't make it but eight siblings gathered plus six spouses for a total of 14. Mel was able to have an outing with the guys several days while some of us ladies went shopping. One day we went to play minature golf and Mel and his sister, Corann, watched us from a bench nearby. Another day when Mel went with his brother-in-law, Jim B, and a couple of brothers and a sister-in-law he was able to wheel his chair around the course and actually "putted" a couple of golf balls. Another day he went along with Jim and some of the others to a tool store and also to a knife store. All of us took a tour of beautiful Cades Cove. Here's a few pictures from our trip:

Picture of a picture of all 14 of us dressed in clothes from olden days.

Publish Post Picture of the picture of Mel & Rudonna

The house where we stayed. It doesn't look so big but it actually had eight nice size bedrooms with large open living areas. The basement was built into the side of the mountain.
Picture of Cade's Cove.


Another picture of Cade's Cove.

Ron & Marie

Frank

Jim & Nancy

Terry & Mel with their HD caps. Terry & Linda took Mel to the Harley Davidson store and they bought him a cap. Terry has a Harley Davidson belt buckle that was Mel's when he was young and finally found a belt that he could use it with. This seemed to please Mel. He also enjoyed his visit to the store with them.
Corann, Linda & Rudonna... On our last night we had a bad storm and we lost electrical service. Corann and I had been sitting on the couch and someone brought us a flashlight. Soon afterwards there was another loud burst of thunder and a lightning strike nearby....and here we ended up with an extra body between us... Linda said "DON'T MOVE". She wanted us all nice and cozy during the storm :"=) We had a lot of laughs that evening!

Tom & Leona



Terry & Linda



Mel & Rudonna


Jim & Linda

Last Days at work in Richmond

Rudonna & Dorothy





Rudonna's last day at work. They gave me a luncheon and some nice gifts! Sure will miss all those folks.






Rudonna with her friend and manager, Joan.
























Rudonna with friends, Dianne and Michelle.


























Rudonna and Gladys.















Mel with a staff member, Shirley, at the Adult Center.

















Mel with his friends Harold and Dean.

....and the newest Grandchild.

Phoenix Olivia, born May 10th, 2008

Parents: Matt & Christina
this picture - 1 day old











Aunt Karra & Phoenix









Aunt Tama & Phoenix












Grandpa P
& Phoenix






Both Grandmothers
& Phoenix

Grandchildren

Paxton and Shaelyn
Paxton - 4 1/2 yrs old
Shaelyn - a few days old
Feb. 2008
Brent & Johanna's children








Shaelyn





A picture of Grandpa and Grandma P
with Paxton and Shaelyn
before leaving NH.







Shaelyn








Paxton giving his sister a
big kiss!

Dinette at other end of kitchen






Sitting area at other end of M & R's bedrm.

House in NC

Here's some shots of the house we're renting in the Triad.














Dining rm










Living rm








Kitchen - Yes that's the back of the stove in the middle of the kitchen!










One end of M & R's bedrm

yes.... we have joined the blog world

We have decided to share with all y'all pictures from the Pipgras household in the Triad! We hope y'all enjoy and please feel free to comment! We'd love to hear from you!