Email sent 12/22/09

Hi all ~ a couple people recently asked about dates for next year's reunion, so I'm sending a reminder to everyone so you can be sure to request your vacation days appropriately for next year!! :) Would love to see EVERYONE there.

Funny, I was just at church tonight helping with pictures for our pictorial directory and was talking to a mom of someone I went to school with (sorry grandmother!). And in talking about me planning a 20-year reunion for our grade school class we got on the topic of me planning our family reunion. She wanted to hear all about it and was so amazed at the length of time we'd done it and thought all of our traditions were so special. It reminded me of what a special family we have and how blessed we all are to have each other in our lives! Merry Christmas everyone!

The 40th annual
Holdaway Family Reunion
will be held at
Lincoln State Park
in Dale, Indiana
July 29th - August 1st
Thursday - Sunday

Keep updated via our family website: holdawayfamilyreunion.blogspot.com

or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=34454099134&ref=ts

Love,
Michele

FACEBOOK

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Charlotte Isabelle Addison

Born August 26, 2009

Weight: 7lbs 15oz Length: 20" Head: 12.5"

Keep up with the Addison family at their website:

http://the-addisons.blogspot.com

Reunion Information

For more information click the following links:

Dates
Reunion Letter
Directions
Food
Cabins
Alternative Lodging
Park Information
Park Pictures
Weather
Correspondence 6/5/09
Correspondence 7/6/09
Ripley County Info
All

Johnny Riley's band / Holy Spirit Festival

Hi All, If you want to spend a nice evening outside listening to a group of good High School Musicians, go to the Holy Spirit Festival this Thursday Night at 7:00. Johnny's group (Arisan Maru) will be playing from 7 to 11. They are good and it is fun. See you there. Ray.

The Arisan Maru was the name of the ship the Father Scecina died on in World War II. Look it up on the Internet. It is an interesting story. There is also an interesting book, The Sinking of the Arisan Maru, which is good reading. It was written by thee Son of one of the 8 survivors out of over 1700 American military.

FAMILY REUNION - update

Are you all getting super excited for the reunion?  Here is some more information for the big weekend:

 

 

FOOD

The food lists have been emailed out to the food coordinators (Martha Ann, Alice, Wanda, Karen, Kelly, Danny R., Danny M.).  They will help distribute the food responsibilities among their families. 

 

 

PAYMENT

Please mail your reunion payment to Denise if you haven't already: 102 Pensive Rd., Clarksville, IN 47129.  Cost is $25 per person over 18 & per each guest.  Subtract $5 per adult if mailing your payment by July 13th. 

 

 

CABINS

If you haven't emailed me yet to 'reserve' a cabin for your family, please do so.  This is just to ensure that we save enough cabins for 'family' cabins.  Cabins sleep 10 people.

 

 

ACTIVITIES

We will plan to play softball and volleyball (email me if you can bring a net, otherwise we'll look at buying one).  There will be music in the rec hall Saturday night.  We will also have crafts for the kids to do.

 

 

SIGN-UPS

Please be sure to sign-up for a weekend chore when you arrive.  If there are no lines left to sign up, please chose another task to do.  We will need more people to help with the various clean-ups at Versailles as we have double the space. 

 

Also - if you are on a clean-up crew, please make sure you stay until the entire team is done cleaning up.

 

Those staying in cabins are responsible for cleaning them.  This does not count as a 'chore' for the weekend. 

 

 

CHECK-OUT

When making your plans for the reunion, please factor in clean-up time Sunday as part of your plans.  This place is big and it will take the effort of everyone to help clean up.     

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFO

Remember to keep up-to-date with the latest information on the Holdaway website:  holdawayfamilyreunion.blogspot.com.  You should be able to find all information here, but if there is something not on there let me know and I will get it added.  Also be sure to check frequently for family updates and events.

     **If you would like to receive an update whenever the website is updated, just let me know. 

Reunion Food

Emails were sent out to the food coordinators on 6/30 (for the South) and 7/6 (for the North) regarding the food lists for the reunion.

South food coordinators:

Martha Ann
Wanda
Karen
Alice
Denise

North food coordinators:

Kelly
Danny R.
Danny M.
Michele

Reunion Weather

Versailles, IN weather ~ 10-day forecast

Follow Bambi's Baby:

Bambi has the following site to track her pregnancy and baby. Check it out:

http://bsaddison.googlepages.com/baby

EMAIL: 2009 HOLDAWAY FAMILY REUNION July 23-July 26th

Hello everyone!!

LETTER/LOCATION/DETAILS

Attached is the 2009 reunion letter with detail regarding our rapidly approaching reunion. Don't forget - we are at a new location this year ~ Versailles State Park.

Additional information can be found at the following websites:

Family website: http://holdawayfamilyreunion.blogspot.com

Versailles information: http://holdawayfamilyreunion.blogspot.com/search/label/Versailles%20info

LODGING

We will have family cabins & women/men cabins. If you want to reserve a 'family' cabin, please send me the list of people who will share a cabin. Cabins sleep 10, more if you want to bring an air mattress. There is additional cabin information at the website listed above. There are not enough for each household to have their own cabin, so please get with others and make a group of 8-10 who will share a cabin.

CONTACT INFORMATION

I have also attached a document with family addresses. Please review your family address to ensure accuracy. If you are over 18 ~ you should have your own label, so if you're still listed under your parents, please let me know. Please email me with any changes and I will send out a revised list later this summer.

If you notice anyone missing from the email list, please let me know. Also, if I have an email listed for you that you would like to have removed from my list, let me know that as well.

Hope everyone has made arrangements to come this year!! It should be a blast. There is tons to do and explore at the new park, so bring walking shoes, swim suits, baseball mits, bikes etc. and we'll have so much fun!!

As always, please email me with any questions!

Love,

Michele

Reunion Letter

This year's reunion letter was emailed out on 6/5. If you did not receive it, please email Michele your correct email address.

2009 REUNION DATES & LOCATION

The 39th Annual Holdaway Family Reunion
will be held at

VERSAILLES STATE PARK

Versailles, Indiana

July 23rd - July 26th

Thursday - Sunday

Thursday Check-in: 3pm

Sunday Check-out: 12pm

2009 Frequently Asked Questions

1) What are the reunion dates?
Thursday, July 23rd to Sunday July 26th

2) What time is check-in?
3pm on Thursday

Versailles Cabins

There are 11 cabins with the following features:

*cabins are one large room
*most have a balcony/porch/deck with gorgeous views
*10 single beds per cabin
*no bunked beds
*bathrooms are not in cabins
*overhead lights
*beds are movable, so could be pushed together
*if you wanted to sleep more than 10, air mattresses would fit in addition to the 10 beds
*there are curtains on the windows

Here is what we'd recommend:

a) bring a small lamp per cabin to avoid having to turn on overhead lights when others are sleeping (or just use a flashlight)

b) bring your own bedding ~ only a mattress is provided

c) get a group of 10 people together that will share a cabin and email that to Michele so that we can assign cabins to groups
*we can have family-style cabins and
*we will have men's/women's cabins - you can make your own groups
*if you just want to be assigned to a women's / men's cabin - just let me know (similar to McCormick's)

d) there isn't much privacy, so if you are taking a cabin for your family, you might consider bringing some kind of contraption for making some area for changing, etc. I've thought we might bring a tent to set up inside as a 'changing' area.

e) we cannot drive up to the cabins, so pack light and if you can bring something that will help you carry your belongings to the cabin.

Moving Sale

Host:	Claire Hodge
Type:	Causes - Fundraiser
Network:	Global

Date:	Saturday, May 30, 2009
Time:	9:00am - 4:00pm
Location:	Hodge House
Street:	10604 Pine Bluff Drive
City/Town:	Fishers, IN
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Phone:	3175075605
Email:	clairehodge44@yahoo.com

Description

Greetings!

I'm selling...all that I possibly can!

I have an extensive amount of new, never used, in boxes home goods (barware, kitchenware, etc)

some furniture (dresser, coffee table, couch, storing rack)

my car (5spd manual 2004 Toyota Matrix)

and plenty of other things

feel free to get ahold of me if you'd like any other details!

Congrats Raymond!

Raymond graduates from 8th grade this month and will attend Scecina next year.

Way to go!!

Jeffery - First Communion

In a beautiful Mass at Holy Spirit on April 25th Jeffery celebrated his First Holy Communion.

Congratulations Jeffery!!

Stephanie - TOP 5 FUTURE EDUCATOR

With pride, and love, Grandma Jeanne congratulates Stephanie who was selected by the IUPUI faculty as one of our five outstanding future educators for 2008-2009. She was recognized and presented a certificate at the statewide annual Outstanding Future Educators Banquet, April 17th and was honored again on April 19th at IUPUI.

Above is the letter she received.

Stephanie finished college in December, just before being married to Michael Walker. Her graduation ceremony from IUPUI will be May 10th.

Congratulations Stephanie!!

Tori - inducted to Kappa Beta Delta

With pride, and love, Grandma Jeanne sends congratulations to Tori (Victoria), who was nominated by her business law teacher to an academic honor society, Kappa Beta Delta. She was inducted into the fraternity last week. Tori is completing her sophomore year in college.

Congratulations Tori!!