T-shirt sizes

Please send to Debbie your t-shirt sizes and how many you want. We are all going to wear them to the parada on Saturday. It will be awesome. I will let you know the design when I order them. 7kidds@cox.net

Pictures please!

Here is an email that was sent by Jessica the other day:

We had a meeting last night and we have changed some things. Saturday morning instead of your on your on for breakfast we will have breakfast at the parade. We will send more details later. Friday night skit night is what ever Chris and Robin want to do. Bobbi had some fun ideas about them if you want any ideas. We have canceled the formal activities Saturday afternoon and instead there will be an informal scavenger hunt for the kids and adults can go 4 wheeling, chit chat, take naps, try and get a sun tan, pull weeds or what ever their heart desires.

We will have fast and testimony meeting on the lawn (9am) at the cabin we are asking for causal Sunday Dress. We will have breakfast after church. We have canceled the family hike on Sunday and we will have games and activities the rest of the day, Greg will be in charge. We will close with dinner and then our Missionary Fireside and reunion slide show.

We were throwing around themes last night and we came up with this one "Defenders of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"- on Friday night we will have Bob open talking about the theme and the spiritual meaning etc...

Also we are planning on a few slide show and we need pictures. EVEN IF YOU WILL NOT BE THERE WE NEED PICTURES.

• WE NEED pictures G-ma Mary and G-pa Leonard,
• WE NEED pictures of Glen and Bob as kids growing up and their weddings.
• We need Pictures of Glen and Bob's families growing up .
• We need pictures of the G-ma Mary and G-pa Leonard's grand kids weddings and their families growing up.
• We need pictures of G-ma Mary and-pa Leonard's Great grand kids weddings and their families growing up

• We need pictures from all returned missionaries . Even if you have married into the family we want pictures. Please send 10 pictures for every mission you have been on. We want to make this our spiritual closing for the reunion so please send your pictures.

ALL PICTURES ARE TO BE SENT TO KelseyAllen06@hotmail.com>,

PICTURES MUST BE IN BY JUNE 1st. This will give time to Justin to do his magic. If you don't send pictures they will not be in the slide show.

Thanks to all those that have helped plan this reunion. We still have details to work out. If you have any ideas let us know. We are excited about July.

--The Reunion Committee

PS- The reunion starts on Friday night at 5pm the later in afternoon you come up to Heber the worse it is. It has taken family members 5 hours to make the drive. Also the same goes for returning to town. Bob and Sue suggest leaving really early on Monday.

A few other notes:

If you can bring camping chairs please do so- to sit in for the parade, the fireworks and for the reunion in general

If you have a canopy and can bring it please do- it gets hot at the parade and the the more shade the happy the adults are

Right now our count is 56 for the Bob Allen family and 48 for the Glen Allen family but we have not heard from several of the Glen Allen family about who is coming.Please let us know if you are coming or if you are not. We need to know the number for the t-shirts, meals, games, etc...

Schedule for Reunion

Allen family Reunion 2010

“Defenders of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”

Where: Heber Az
When: Friday July 2 – Sunday July 4, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm opening ceremony
Food:
• Friday dinner-Bob Allen family- set up, paper goods, ice and prayers
• Saturday Breakfast- At the Parade
• Saturday Lunch- Bob Allen Family –set-up, paper goods, ice & prayers
• Saturday Dinner-buy at fireworks
• Fast Sunday
• Sunday Lunch—Glen Allen Family- set-up, paper goods, ice & prayers-pancake cook off
• Sunday Dinner—Glen Allen Family- set-up, paper goods, ice & prayers
• Each family is to bring their own drinks for the whole weekend.
Accommodations:
Camping on Bob’s Lot and possibly the Pioneer cabin lot
Local Hotels
We will need to bring in Port-a Johns to accommodate all the people.
Activities:
• Friday
o Short welcome
o Dinner- Bob Allen Family
o Evening program
• Slide show- all families must send pictures to Kelsey. The slide show will start with G-ma Mary and G-pa Leonard Allen ending with current posterity.
• Skits- Each family will come up with a skit- Robin & Chris in charge
• Saturday
o Breakfast at Parade
o Go to parade- Bring your own water guns, water balloons etc…
o Lunch-Bob Allen Family
o After noon activities –treasure hunt for kids- leisure time for adults
o Dinner at the High School
o Fireworks at the High School- Bring balls to toss
• Sunday
o Fast and Testimony meeting on lawn (1-1 ½ hours)-casual church dress
o Break the fast Lunch-Glen Allen family
o Planner family games -Greg
o Dinner-Glen Allen Family
o Missionary Fireside
• Glen & Marcie talk
• Bob & Sue talk
• Missionary slide show- for every missionary & mission please send max. of 10 pictures to Kelsey
o Closing slide show-pictures taken throughout the reunion (official family photographers are Tawni, & Tami, )

Why an Allen Family Blog?

To have everything in one spot and just a way to communicate with each other.

This blog is to share info on upcoming family reunions, parties and other Allen Family events. Feel free to share stories, old family pictures, ideas for the reunions etc.

We can have up to 100 contributors on this blog so let me (Bobbi) know if you'd like to be one and I'll add you. I can also add your email address to the blog list. This means every time someone post on the blog, it automatically emails you the post.

And just to make this post more interesting here are a few fun pictures that I had.