Flores Family Reunion

Flores Family Reunion http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmaxt/sets/72157606015579842 About the set 171 items | 0 views On July 5, 2008 the Flores Family swarmed Pavilion #4 at McArthur Park in San Antonio, TX.  These are the first set of pictures I have taken since I got contacts.  MY AIM IS OFF!  There are a lot of blurry shots, and I have no one to blame but myself.  Oh well, please take the time to view, and take a shot at identifying the set of pictures I took of the back of several heads.  See how you do.  I hope your 4th of July Holiday was a time of celebrating the freedoms we enjoy in this country.  As my Pops told me in 1976 when I returned from my first trip out of country, "To Love America - Leave It!"    You're still right, Pops.   A selection of things from the set (By the way, if the set link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it from this email into your browser's address bar.) Flickr is almost certainly the best photo management and sharing application in the world. If you'd like to see what I use it for you can check out my profile page or browse my photostream.

Egg toss champions

Nickii and Sean came on gangbusters by winning the raw-egg toss.  They had to have been at least 40 feet apart in the winning toss, and definitely had some fantastic coordination and teamwork... then the waterballoons started and it all went downhill.  Afterwards, we had a brief interview with these Olympic-bound Champions (i'm sure there will soon be egg-toss at that level of competition - nudge, nudge. wink, wink.)

That was a great way for more of Dahlia's side of the family to meet our new daughter.  T.C. (Nickii's cousin) even showed up to join in the celebration and festivities - like fun on the swings and climbing equipment!

There is a higher quality version of the Winner's Circle video on my media site if you want to check it out. 

Dont ask!

Caption: Now, Bernice has a moment to relax after the months and months of planning and execution has resulted in a great Flores Family Reunion - and her patriotic toenails still shine red, white and blue after a brief cool down.

DeVos Reunion Day -1 [eve of the first day]

Ya llegue! Amway Grand Hotel - Grand Rapids - top gabinete!
It was good to ride in from the airport with Justin Kooreman in his totally fly Red '99 'Ville.
He is an entering college freshman and has a reason to do well.  From his mouth to God's ears, he wants to serve the underserved in issues regarding legal representation.  Mr. & Mrs. Kooreman - the fruit never falls too far from the tree.

I am grateful to the RDV Corp for the magnificent accomodations on this 'Take a Pause' week with alumni from across the country.