Rachel, Guillo, Noah and Eve.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
A Message from Rachel
Hello Everyone! It's so great to keep up with everyone's news and busy summers. I feel a bit remiss that we were not able to catch up in person with everyone during our one year back in the States - Noah's early birth caught us off guard for the reunion, and then Liz's wedding. We are hoping for more oppourtnities in the not-too-distant future when all the little cousins can meet! Eve is 3 1/2 now, and loves to read, play with anything miniature, and collect small plants and rocks. She is bilingual in Spanish and English since Guillo speaks to her only in Spanish and she attends a Spanish preschool here in Charlottesville. Noah just turned 13 months (amazing!) and is active and wiggly, and about as good natured as any baby I've met. He loves people and laughing. Guillo is READY to leave his job here, and will do so in just a couple more weeks. We will pack out of our house at the end of July and ship our things to Indonesia where we will be posted for the next four years!!! We will spend August visiting family in New Mexico and Florida, and then a week in DC before we fly out September 1. I hope the adventurous among you will consider a trip to Bali or Australia and see us along the way. Maybe the next reunion in Hawaii??? :-) We are well. Please stay in touch!
Rachel, Guillo, Noah and Eve.
Rachel, Guillo, Noah and Eve.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
From Pat Herr:
Hi everyone - It's that time of the summer for me to pack up and with Bonnie fly to the midwest and visit the three families there. There have been many changes in Andrea, Teresa's and Bob's families this year so obviously the grandchildren have grown and multiplied.
Starting with the oldest, Andrea and Mike have a new grandson when Tyler & Sarah had a son, Casper, in March. Mariah & Tony celebrated Silas' first birthday in Apr, so I'm looking forward to seeing the families. Sierra and Nick still are rooted in Ann Arbor, but still travel the world as he runs with Reebock support. Gyp and Don still love in Madison and he is now Father Don in the Episcopal church there. I hardly recognize their growing kids.
Teresa & Les saw Taylor graduate from Wabash in May while Patrick & Sarah have spent a year now in N Carolina where he has served his first year of residency. Right now Tate is living at home, has a job, a girlfriend and everyone is happy. We will be there June 24th and leave from there July 23. Terry and I will spend a night with my sister Kathy. She's in the St Louis area.
Joy is my rock and confidante here in Tucson. Joy, Hope and I went to NYC this spring to see Brooke in a performance at the college. We had two nights in the city and then two in Purchase which gave us time to enjoy a play, a trip to Ellis Island and some really great food. It's hard to believe both Brooke and Hope will be seniors next year. Starr is still working for the solar company, but also taking classes in the arts to find her passion. She and Jordan are still together, but in no hurry to tie the knot. Whatever works!
When Bob's Allie called me this spring to say that she was getting married, my heart just stopped. The wedding is in Aug so that will be my second trip to MI when Joy and I will fly in for the wedding. The three sisters will be bridesmaids so it sounds like a real tearjerker for me. I cry at every wedding as it is.
I am trying to condense this you all. I think about all of you often, so I am happy to see the blog resume. Joy, Dave and I met Bruce, Ellen, Sarah, Jeff and Jean (J's mother) for a 2 hr brunch several weeks ago and it was a steady stream of news being exchanged. It was a real treat. I hope you all have a nice summer and I'll look for YOUR news on the blog.
Love, Pat
Starting with the oldest, Andrea and Mike have a new grandson when Tyler & Sarah had a son, Casper, in March. Mariah & Tony celebrated Silas' first birthday in Apr, so I'm looking forward to seeing the families. Sierra and Nick still are rooted in Ann Arbor, but still travel the world as he runs with Reebock support. Gyp and Don still love in Madison and he is now Father Don in the Episcopal church there. I hardly recognize their growing kids.
Teresa & Les saw Taylor graduate from Wabash in May while Patrick & Sarah have spent a year now in N Carolina where he has served his first year of residency. Right now Tate is living at home, has a job, a girlfriend and everyone is happy. We will be there June 24th and leave from there July 23. Terry and I will spend a night with my sister Kathy. She's in the St Louis area.
Joy is my rock and confidante here in Tucson. Joy, Hope and I went to NYC this spring to see Brooke in a performance at the college. We had two nights in the city and then two in Purchase which gave us time to enjoy a play, a trip to Ellis Island and some really great food. It's hard to believe both Brooke and Hope will be seniors next year. Starr is still working for the solar company, but also taking classes in the arts to find her passion. She and Jordan are still together, but in no hurry to tie the knot. Whatever works!
When Bob's Allie called me this spring to say that she was getting married, my heart just stopped. The wedding is in Aug so that will be my second trip to MI when Joy and I will fly in for the wedding. The three sisters will be bridesmaids so it sounds like a real tearjerker for me. I cry at every wedding as it is.
I am trying to condense this you all. I think about all of you often, so I am happy to see the blog resume. Joy, Dave and I met Bruce, Ellen, Sarah, Jeff and Jean (J's mother) for a 2 hr brunch several weeks ago and it was a steady stream of news being exchanged. It was a real treat. I hope you all have a nice summer and I'll look for YOUR news on the blog.
Love, Pat
Yes Dave and Rosalie have now been married for fifty years -- and we are celebrating!
The real date was June 18, but we are stretching things out to make the fun at a pace that we can handle better. We are having several small informal gatherings in our back yard over several weeks, and no big gala event. Plans are changing almost as fast as they are being made. On June 20 we had a family time with a combined celebration of Father's day and Marissa's graduation from High School. The photo shows the ten people who were at that gathering. Participating in Marissa's graduation and related celebrations filled our lives with as much excitement as preparation for our own events. But our parties are only a small part of how we will remember this anniversary. We have been preparing for the past year or more. We put together a set of eight memory photo books covering the fifty years of family history and presented them to our kids. They seemed to get a kick out of the pictures we selected from old photo albums and such. We also prepared a thirteen foot wall chart showing fifty years of history with time lines for homes, work, family, travel and so on, and small pictures scattered around representing the events of those fifty years. And we did a few other little projects like a small video of photos from our wedding along with excerpts from a recording made of our wedding, and some travel picture collections to summarize twenty five years of travel in a quick review. So our fun has been as much in gathering the material, reviewing our lives and compiling stories as it has been in just "celebrating" the arrival of the fifty year mark.
We had fun getting here and are still having fun. Now we plan to have more fun as the future unfolds.
Dave and Rosalie
The real date was June 18, but we are stretching things out to make the fun at a pace that we can handle better. We are having several small informal gatherings in our back yard over several weeks, and no big gala event. Plans are changing almost as fast as they are being made. On June 20 we had a family time with a combined celebration of Father's day and Marissa's graduation from High School. The photo shows the ten people who were at that gathering. Participating in Marissa's graduation and related celebrations filled our lives with as much excitement as preparation for our own events. But our parties are only a small part of how we will remember this anniversary. We have been preparing for the past year or more. We put together a set of eight memory photo books covering the fifty years of family history and presented them to our kids. They seemed to get a kick out of the pictures we selected from old photo albums and such. We also prepared a thirteen foot wall chart showing fifty years of history with time lines for homes, work, family, travel and so on, and small pictures scattered around representing the events of those fifty years. And we did a few other little projects like a small video of photos from our wedding along with excerpts from a recording made of our wedding, and some travel picture collections to summarize twenty five years of travel in a quick review. So our fun has been as much in gathering the material, reviewing our lives and compiling stories as it has been in just "celebrating" the arrival of the fifty year mark.
We had fun getting here and are still having fun. Now we plan to have more fun as the future unfolds.
Dave and Rosalie
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Hello Family!
It will soon be a year since the memorable Herr Reunion and the last blog entry was dated October 25. 2009. There have been requests to get the blog going again, so here goes! We know of several blog-worthy events which have occurred or soon will occur, and we hope you will fill us in on your news.. Send your material to me, and I will post your entries. Include pictures when you can!
A few of the aforementioned happenings are:
Bruce's sojourn in Ecuador, concluding with a 3-week visit from Ellen
Mary and Peter just returned from a trip to Sicily
Rachel, Guillo, Eve, and Noah have accepted an assignment in Indonesia
Dave and Rosalie will celebrate 50 years of wedded bliss on June 17
Marissa graduated from high school
The bride and groom, Liz and Van, will become parents in September
Henry has registered for kindergarten, and just learned to ride a two wheeler
Bruce will visit Ken and Viv next month
Kilian survived (we think) his first year at Purdue
Dave and Rosalie treated Greg, Karen, Megan, Marissa, Peter and Mary to an Italian dinner in Fullerton in March (Pictured below)
We hope all is well with all of you -- and the Herr families will be happy to hear from you!
Mary
It will soon be a year since the memorable Herr Reunion and the last blog entry was dated October 25. 2009. There have been requests to get the blog going again, so here goes! We know of several blog-worthy events which have occurred or soon will occur, and we hope you will fill us in on your news.. Send your material to me, and I will post your entries. Include pictures when you can!
A few of the aforementioned happenings are:
Bruce's sojourn in Ecuador, concluding with a 3-week visit from Ellen
Mary and Peter just returned from a trip to Sicily
Rachel, Guillo, Eve, and Noah have accepted an assignment in Indonesia
Dave and Rosalie will celebrate 50 years of wedded bliss on June 17
Marissa graduated from high school
The bride and groom, Liz and Van, will become parents in September
Henry has registered for kindergarten, and just learned to ride a two wheeler
Bruce will visit Ken and Viv next month
Kilian survived (we think) his first year at Purdue
Dave and Rosalie treated Greg, Karen, Megan, Marissa, Peter and Mary to an Italian dinner in Fullerton in March (Pictured below)
We hope all is well with all of you -- and the Herr families will be happy to hear from you!
Mary
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