Reunion

cake courtesy of Colleen Peck (isn't is awesome!)

Malachi 4: 5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

JSH 1:39. . . And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

I imagine Hope and Francis Platt were a little more than excited and proud to see their family gathered together last weekend for the Platt reunion. I know they were there. The spirit that attended was unmistakeable. I hope all there felt it, too.

Deane is the only living child of Francis and Hope. We were honored to have him there with his beautiful wife Charlotte and their 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Deane is getting up there in years and he claims heaven just won't take him. We are happy to keep him here as long heaven allows.

Also in attendence were 4 of Russell's children (Lynnette with 8 of her 10 children and 36 of 46 grandchildren, Maralee with her daughter and 3 grandchildren, Jeff with one of his 5 children and 1 grandchild, and Kathy. Representing Tom were his 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren), 2 of Dean's daughters (Colleen Peck and 1 daughter, and Ruth Wortley), 2 of Marion's children (Wayne Smith and Dee Call. Representing Wilma was her son JD), and 1 of Lowell's daughters (Kristen Birkeland).

The reunion was a huge success thanks to everyone who came. It would not have been if you hadn't cared enough to come. We missed those that couldn't make it. It was so fun getting to know those I haven't met, and reuniting with those that I haven't seen for a very long time. Let's not let so much time go by next time.

We had our share of great food, lots of fun, laughter and just being together as a family. There were some tender mercies in that when I arrived at YLHF, I found out we had been double booked. Not to worry, they put us in an air conditioned facility that was really nice. The kids and some adults too, had fun paddle boating, rock climbing and wagon riding. We couldn't have asked for anything better.

It's awesome to see what has come from just two people. Hope andFrancis can be proud of their posterity.