Family Reunion in Tacoma

After a couple of days in Portland, we headed north to Tacoma for Father's Day and to connect with the bulk of Dave's family. The fabulous Sandy was our hostess, she's so awesome! On Father's Day is when we had the biggest group together for a BBQ dinner. Then everyone gathered in the living room for family photos.


This photo has the entire group except Sandy and myself. Someone had to hold the camera. Dave's parents had come up from Yuma, Arizona and everyone else was from Washington except Katie from Portland and of course us from Alaska. We haven't had this group all together since 2006, I think. It was great to see everyone all together again. We hadn't seen Dave's parents in a year and a half, so it was particularly great to see them!
Dave's family is mostly male, so after the group photo, they decided that they wanted a picture of "just the ladies". This time they got me, Dave took the photo. Somehow Sandy still managed to avoid getting photographed, she's an elusive one that Sandy!
We were in Tacoma until Wednesday. On Monday I drove out to Gig Harbor where I had lunch with my Aunt Frances. This is Frances with her truck. Her Chevy truck is a 1983 model, I think, and still running great! It was nice to see Frances, she's a lovely lady. And she's one of only two aunts I have - she's my mom's only sibling and my dad only has one sister.
On Tuesday, we went to dinner at Harbor Lights in Tacoma. It wasn't the whole group, but there were still eight of us, so a decent sized group. It was a very nice dinner! And it was our last night together before we headed down to the next phase of our adventure. Family time is such a gift, we are so glad we got to visit.