Reunions

My favorite picture required little research but are still important. This was good for a busy week. After a few years of bugging people about genealogy my Liden family decided it might be fun to get together. It's a tie for my favorite picture. The first is the first reunion we had in 1998. I got to "remeet" some cousins I hadn't seen since we were small children. Obviously there were still people missing but it was so much fun to see those who did make it out.

1998 Reunion

Front row: ,Heather Neary, , , , , Jon Curbis  Back row L to R: Angie & Keith, Paula, Kevin, Melanie, Rob (behind Melanie), Heather, Dawn, Laticia, Chris. 2nd row: Michelle, Debbie, Michele, Yvette, Tonya, Aaron, Jackie, Gladys, , Dan, Karyn & Frank. Seated in chairs: Margie (holding Summer Soriano), Rose, Dee, Pat (holding Tyler,) Kevin, Jim (Bud's son,) Ron.
front row: ,Heather , , , , , Jon  

The 1998 reunion was held in July 1998 at Pat and Kevin's house. There was swimming and a piñata. Not to mention delicious food!


The other picture in my 2 way tie was the 2000 reunion. Or as we nicknamed it, L2K. The 2000 Reunion was held at Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville, Illinois (DuPage County). My Dad brought the DJ equipment and supplied an amazing variety of music. There was a ton of food supplied by all and plenty of games for young and young at heart.

2000 Reunion "L2K"

(back row L to R) Jim (Dud), Joe, Pete, Aaron, Dennis. Row leaning on railing: Kevin, Pat, Ron, Pat, Dan, Melanie, Gladys, Dee, Karen, Tonya, Joni. In front of rail: Leticia, Angie, Keith (Zach on Keith's lap), Jackie (Tyler on her lap), Jonathan (Anthony on his lap),Lindsay (Anna on her lap),Jessica in between, Lisa (Emily on her lap), Heather, Heather, J.D., Rose. Seated in front: Chris (squatting to side), Frank, Karyn, Josh, Dawn (with Haley)

And there were still people missing!!