Thomas Family Reunion 2010: Thomas Family Olympics

Thomas Family Reunion 2010
Date: July 16 – July 18, 2010
Place: Thousand Trails Campground
Theme: Thomas Summer Olympics
Country Assignment and color:
England (Red) – Fisher Family
USA (White) – Bob Thomas Family
France (Blue) - Williams Family
Australia (Orange) – Greene Family
Ireland (Green) – Walker Family
Germany (Yellow) – George Thomas Family

We would like for the families to try to wear a t-shirt/shirt with the color of their country so that we can identify them as games are played. We would also like for the teams to make a flag representing the colors of their country. This does not have to be a flag of that country just something creative that shows the colors, i.e. handprints in the colors of the country; designs or pictures, use your imagination.
Dinner at 5:00pm on Saturday: Please prepare a dish from your assigned country for the family meal.

We would like to take family pictures. There will be a sign up sheet for your family picture.

After dinner:Award Ceremony and a Show and Tell ( 5 Minutes per family)
We wish for each family to share some of the events of the past year to update every one on your family.

Check in for cabins 4 PM
Cost for cabins is $218.00 for the 2 night stay
You may also bring a trailer or tent (trailer site is $35.00 per night) For more information call Peggy Greene at 757-719-4338 or Trisha Williams at 804-920-1016. ASAP Mail to Trish Williams at 2201 Seminole Ave Chester, VA 23831

Thomas Family Reunion 2009
Date: July 31 to August 2, 2009
Place: Thousand Trails Campground
Theme: Celebration of Harry Potter’s Birthday
Activity schedule:
Friday 31 July
Arrival anytime
Check in for cabins 4 PM
Cost for cabins is $218.00 for the 2 night stay
You may also bring a trailer or tent. For more information call Trisha Williams at 804-920-1016. ASAP
7 PM Parade and gathering for birthday celebration ( wear a costume of your favorite Harry Potter character if you wish.)
We will be decorating cupcakes, singing Happy Birthday, etc. birthday party stuff!!!
9 PM Fireside Grocery Wizards (Betty Sue and Kim) will teach us how to save money on our groceries.
Saturday 1 August
10 AM Assemble for the Sorting Hat to be assigned to the Hogwart houses.
Crafts:
Wand Making
Hogwarts Games
Broom Races
Toss the Dragon eggs
Games of skill and knowledge
Noon to 4 PM Free time
5 PM Dinner at Hogsmeade
Bring your favorite food to share. You know, it is pot luck, but should be delicious.
We would like to take family pictures. There will be a sign up sheet for your family picture.
After dinner: Show and Tell ( 5 Minutes per family)
We wish for each family to share some of the events of the past year to update every one on your family.

Check out Nathan & Mel's Blog

Our cousin, Nathan, his wonderful wife, Mel, and their four fabulous kids are embarking on a new and exciting chapter in their lives. They are moving to Guatemala!! Check out their blog and follow them as they give us a birdseye view of their new lives!

http://www.thomasfamilynguatemala.blogspot.com/

A St. Patrick's Day Wedding!!

I believe our cousin Donna is going to get married in just a few weeks on St. Patrick Day!! I am sure there is a story behind this! Congratulations!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

We celebrated Grandma's birthday at the Golden Corral again this year. On our way there, Grandma kept asking who was going to be there. Uncle George and Aunt Betty were there with Nathan and Melody's children. Nathan and Melody were out celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary! Congratulations! Aunt Peggy was there with Carlos and Tomas. Cousin PeeWee, his son, John, and his grandaughter were there. Uncle Bob, Aunt Judy, and Justin were there. Aunt Trish, Michelle, and our family were there. Aunt Betty Walker was there too! Grandma really enjoyed being with PeeWee and catching up on old times. We had to make sure she was doing some eating with all of that talking!

Here are a few pictures.

New Shoes for Grandma

We visited with Grandma and our mission this time was to get her a good pair of shoes for the winter. She enjoys the personal attention, so mom took her to Adams Shoes. The lady recommended a particular brand that was comfortable and Grandma picked out the velcro shoes in black. The kind worker measured Grandma's feet and then gently tried a couple of different sizes. Grandma took a test "run" in her shoes and then had to prove that she could put them on and take them off by herself! She was so happy to have a new pair of shoes. John Joseph thought it was pretty neat that he and his Great Grandma both have velcro shoes now!

Christmas Project for Grandma Thomas

Aunt Jackie has bought Grandma Thomas a digital picture frame for Christmas. I need your help so that when she opens the picture frame (and we plug it in) there are tons of pictures on there. You don't want to be the family that's not on there...
Here's the plan..........I would like to have 1 picture of EVERY great grandchild, preferably by themself. It can be a school picture, goofy picture, whatever. That's about 40 pictures right there. Then I would like to have a family picture with the grandchildren and thier children. For example all of Angela's family together. This does not have to be a professional picture...just with all of the family in there. Here's the catch....try to get it as recent as possible. I know if you are like me, you take lots of pictures of the kids.....but not a lot with the whole family. Go ahead...take one this week and get it done!!! I would also like a picture of each of Grandma's children and their husband/wife. Also, as current as possible. Finally, send me any pictures that you have of you with Grandma (old or new) or any other family pictures.

So, Thomas Family, the pressure is on! What a fun project. I can't wait to see the look on Grandma's face (and the tear in her eye) as she opens this wonderful gift.....okay, so we will have to plug it in and show her what it does......I promise to be there when she sees it and I will video it and send it to anyone who wants to see. Also, I will make a slideshow of all of the pictures you send me and send it to you by email or on a dvd if you would like. Isn't this exciting? We have so many family members that it will be like family movie night to watch the dvd. I have made some dvd's of Disny trips, our kids, and other things like that. If you are interested, I will make our pictures into a movie, with music and comments if you like.

Okay....so now it is time to get busy. Get you pictures together (or take some new ones) and send them to me no later than DECEMBER 1st. (This will give me time to put them all together and also gives you a deadline to shoot for!!) You cand send your pictures through email, send them to me on a cd, or send the actual picture. I prefer email or cd as the quality will be better.....so borrow a digital camera if you don't have one (or a decent one) and start snapping. Obviously, some of the older pictures you may want to send will be original pictures, so I will scan those and get the original back to you. I would be glad to help you in any way possible, so please email me or call me (804) 929-6918 if you need anything. I am also going to add the pictures I get to the blogsite, so start checking it out for updates. Please post comments and add your own things to that site (that is what it is there for). That reminds me, does anyone have family reunion pictures from this year? We need them!!