Hello from Georgia

Since Sandi intrduced me, I figured I'd say hello. I live in Georgia with my family: Stephanie my wife and our three children, Wesley, Kylee & Jadyn. We've been in Georgia about eight months and moved here from Sahuarita, AZ where we lived for about 10 years. We moved here to be closer to family (my dad and his family live just outside of Gainsville, GA and my brother and his family live near Suwannee). Here's some recent pictures of us all.

Stephanie, Wesley, Jadyn and Kylee.


Me, my mom and all of my kids.


My kids and my brother Martin's Kids (Amanda and Emily)


Me and Kylee


Kylee and Wesley

Can't wait to see everyone!

One last thing, if you have any documents or family tree history, would you please bring it with you so that we can all compare what we have and share in order to get a (as complete as possible) family tree (with any stories or background) together? I'd certainly appreciate it!!

james

Welcome, James!

I know that a couple of people have noticed a new name on our blogsite. Iamclavo belongs to James, who works out to be my 2nd cousin. He's Aunt Kay's grandson; Jimmy's son. (Okay, I think Jimmy goes by James now, but my mom/April still refers to him as Jimmy. Sorry.) They'll be at the reunion, so we'll get to meet them then. In the meantime, James, why don't you update us on your branch of the family. We'd love to hear from you!

And if anyone is interested, I'm adding a link that will help figure out family relationships. Basically, you figure out what direct relative (parent, grandparent, great-grandparent) etc you both have in common. Then you count up how many "g's" you have in common. That number is the number cousin you are. (If you are both the Great-Grandchildren of ancester "X", then you have 2 "g's" in common and are 2nd cousins.) If there is a difference in the number of "g's", then the difference is how many "removals" you are. (I'm the Great-Grandchild of "X" and you are the Great-Great-Grandchild, then we have 2 "g's" in common with 1 extra "g" which makes us 2nd cousins once removed.) I know, it still sounds complicated. But check out the chart -- it's kinda fun to realize that our reunion in August will actually have third cousins getting to know each other!

kevin graduates!

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  Here are recent pictures of the Turner family. Kevin and Mia just graduated.{and had prom} I had no idea I would be so emotional! 2 weeks after reunion, they are off to college!! Who is clav? { iamclav } I have no idea how to remove the double picture of kevin, sorry!
  
  
  
  
  
  

Family Pictures

I've been going through some of my old photographs, trying to organize them. I've also been scanning some of them into the computer to put into my online gallery in case anyone wants to see them. I decided to post a few of them here, too.

This first one is Aunt Kay and Herbie. Unfortunately it wasn't dated, but I'm guessing that it was taken in 1960-something.

These four adorable children are Ricky's. I'm looking forward to seeing them at the reunion, because I know they've grown a lot since the picture was taken. On the couch, there is Alexis, Richard, and Brittney, with Jacqui in front of them.

At first glance, I thought this was one of Ralph and Laurie's boys. But it's not Tyler, it's his Uncle Danny. There definitely is a family resemblance!

T-shirts for the reunion

The votes are in (all four of them!) and the winner of the t-shirt contest was the spiral names on a light blue shirt. (Luckily our two late voters also agreed with this choice.) Letters went out on Monday to everyone with information on ordering the shirts, as well as information on other reunion activities.

The shirts will be approximately $10 each (based on us getting around 40 shirts). Start thinking now if you want a shirt -- remember, you'll have to answer the letter rather quickly since we have an ordering deadline.

Grandmom Orf (Mickey) and her fish

Grandmom Orf (Mickey) was just here visiting us and we wanted to share a photo of the fish she caught on our boat. Her Grandsons were pretty darn happy for her. Way to go Grandmom Orf!!! :)

Reunion T-Shirt

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ENTRY WAS UPDATED ON THURSDAY 6/8/2006!

Some of us have been talking about getting t-shirts for the reunion. I've done some research, and we can get nice shirts for less than $10 each, depending on how many we order as a group. They'll need to be ordered soon, so we'll send out a letter to everyone June 10th. First, though, we need to decide on the color and design.

I've found four five designs that we thought were nice. Or if any of our artistic family members would like to design something, we could use that instead. We do need to pick just one design. So as a comment, let me know which is your favorite design, and the one with the most votes will win. (If anyone emails me a design, I'll add that to the choices and we'll revote.)

Also, we need to decide on a color. Choices are green, dark blue, light blue, black. (I'm taking white out of the vote, since it seems too impractical for camping.)I can get other colors, but if I list ALL the choices it would get overwhelming. I've been told that if we want to put names on the shirts, we would be better off choosing a dark imprint on a light-colored shirt. Since I don't want to make the decision, I need you to please include a preferred color of shirt with your vote.

So voting begins today, and ends on Saturday. Whatever votes we get in that time, decides it. (If nobody votes, I guess you'll be stuck with whatever mom and I decide on!)

Also, because of the time frame we have, once the letter goes out to order the shirts whatever deadline the letter gives will be the actual deadline. (And the deadline will depend on the company we end up using.) If you don't get your order back in time, then you won't get a shirt. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

In addition to the designs below, you can find another choice (design #8) here. (Just click on the link.) This design can easily be adapted to include all 150-200 names in our family!

VINTAGE

This would, of course, read "Neuhaus Reunion 2006". And even though it's in gold, we could have it printed on any color. (Remember, any of these designs can be done on any color shirt, with any color ink.)

NAME SPIRAL

The inside would say Neuhaus Family Reunion. Above, it would have the dates (August 4-6, 2006) and below would be the location (Cherokee, North Carolina). The spiral around is everyone's name in the family -- if we choose this one I'll try to get the list typed up to send with the letter so that if I miss anyone we'll have a chance to add them.

NEW TRADITION

This is a nice shirt for a first reunion, especially if we plan on doing this again!












NAME TREE

We can have as many branches added to the tree as we need, and the "leaves" can include everyone's name from that branch. For instance, the branches would be ROBIN, APRIL, DIANE, LESLEY, HERB, MARION and Aunt Kay's children, with Gramma and Aunt Kay as the trunk.