Charles, aka Chuck, says "hello"

I had a wonderful email from Aunt Kay's Charlie, and he asked me to share some photos with everyone since he can't post anything. (I'm sending him an invitation to join us, so hopefully you'll soon be hearing directly from him.) This is what he wrote:


Hi Sandi

My brother, Herb from Colorado showed me the family website and it is fun to see all the Jersey Neuhaus'es I grew up with, including your Mom, Uncle Herb, and my Aunt Marion.

Just for clarification, I am the Charlie Neuhaus living in Massachusetts, son of Auny Kay and Charles. Some of the family think of me as "Chuck"

Here are some pictures of my wife Roberta, daughter Sophia (17--leaving any minute now for college), and son Nick--16, in high school.

Good job on the website, and sorry I missed the reunion.

Charlie

A question for Dorothy

I was working on the family pictures DVD (I'll post more on that later), and I came across this picture I had taken Sunday morning. I need to know -- how was the car ride home?

(I know that our entire ride home, mom and I just kept reminding each other that at least my kids didn't have a snake with them...)

old souls

New best friends, old souls. My favorite picture of our "baycation". As Ford would say.... " best friend, lets go back to baycation! " I miss you all terribly. We all had such a fantastic time! Until we are together again, take care. Thank-you for these wonderful memories!

Just wanted to say Hello

Hi everyone, What a great time I had at the reunion! It was really nice seeing everyone and remembering why I love you all. (Except now I really miss you all)
I want to welcome MelisSa to the Family Gathering, I saw your name on the list so it great to have you here!
I like the Celebrations page, I think its a good idea for any special occasion, and its an easy way to keep us all informed. For instance - Cathy, Orlando, Nyssa, Sandi, PJ Beckie and me are going to Orlando in September for a weekend

Bits and Pieces...

Now that we're all back into our "normal" lives after the reunion, I just wanted to say how much fun I had getting to see everyone. And that we missed those of you who couldn't make it this time.

Don't forget that we're putting together a DVD of pictures from the reunion. Please send me (snail mail on disk, or emails with attachments) your favorite/best pictures from the reunion. Ralph & Laurie are generously financing this project, so everyone will be getting a copy of the combined pictures. (Thank you, Ralph & Laurie!)

We've already started talking about the next gathering. We've decided to hold the reunions every two years, and it's been suggested that we go on a cruise for the next one (in 2008). Aunt Leslie has offered to head the reunion committee for that one, and I know that she would appreciate any and all help. So let her know if there's anything you would like to do to help organize the next reunion. We're also taking suggestions on how to make the next reunion even better.

Mom (April) and I were talking, and she pointed out that we don't have to wait for the next reunion to get together. Let's get some "Mini Gatherings" going! (For instance, there's a bunch of us living down here in Florida -- we should all meet somewhere for a picnic, just to keep in touch. Maybe a Labor Day Weekend Picnic... let me know if you're interested.) If anyone is gathering together, be sure to post about it here on the blog.

And on a totally unrelated topic: Check out the Celebrations link that has been added to the blog. I thought it would be nice to have a place to share greetings, for those of us who are chronically sending out "belated" cards. I'll do my best to keep it up to date each month. And if I miss anyone, please let me know so that they can be added.

Home again.

Hi everyone. We are home safe, after a very long ride down those mountains. We were all so buzy all the time that I forgot to have Sandi download my camera, so my camera was full. The scenery going down was breathtaken so I hope someone got some pictures. It was so hard saying goodbye to everyone who saw us off. We were already a hour late leaving so we could,nt go say goodbye to the others that were staying and we were sorry for that. We had such a great time, but it wasn,t long enough. I will but everyones name that was there in a bucket and Granny will pick a name to get the aphgan she is making. Also I found a medium Gathering Tee Shirt at the pool when everyone left. Sandi,s going to help me find the owner .

It's been a wonderful reunion!

Tonight's the last evening for our Gathering, and it's so hard to say goodbye to everyone. We've had such a wonderful time catching up, and getting to know, each other.

We've had a lot of wonderful activities, and there are now lots of new stories to share. We've hiked up Mingo Falls (okay -- I didn't hike up the falls, but several other people did). We tubed down the Raven River (again, I didn't but others have the bruised butts to show that they made the trip). I did go on the whitewater rafting trip down the Nantahala River! And of course there have been lots of pictures taken. I've started adding some of them to the online gallery, and will try to get the rest of them online later this week once I'm back home. (Don't forget to send me your photos so we can do The Gathering DVD.)

The best part has been the chance to get together and enjoy being with family. I hate that in a few hours I'll be loading the van and leaving everyone to head back to Florida. PLEASE keep in touch, whether it's through this blog, by emails, phone, letters -- we love you too much to lose touch again.