Last Hurrahs

They came. Friends and family traveled as though on pilgrimages, upending other plans, squeezing rushed visits in on a week day after work or catching a flight at the last minute.  Tom and Joy, who were our first friends to visit in 2009, were our last friends to visit in 2019. Kids came from out of town. All worthy tributes.

A couple of years after the cottage went up, we started an annual family reunion for a day of fun, food and laughs.  We enjoyed good food, drinks, the lake and each other.
We kept this tradition alive in 2019 for one last time. It seemed fitting that our youngest niece, the one we would consider the baby of the family, was about to leave to study on the west coast. We had a great turn out and it was a memorable last celebration. Here's a wonderful picture of the 2019 family reunion gang.