Thielen Family Reunion weekend

Susan hosted a Thielen family reunion last weekend in Dorrance. There were about 150 people at the Saturday evening event at the Legion. Nancy and I helped with organization, preparation, and execution. Wow, that sounded important. Actually, Susan did most of the work with the help of family members. In addition to the big reunion, Susan also hosted Joe's siblings (Joan and Neal) and their families at the farm.

The Thielen Family

The young generation of Thielens

Susan and her family

Neal and his family

Joan and her family

The walk back to the house after the photo shoot at the stone.

More of the walk back

The Thielen family seems to like watching cows eat.

The boys cooled off by taking their shirts off and pouring water on one another.

There was a lot of looking at photos - Stephanie, Kyle and Joan

Kevin

Yes, Wyatt really is that cute.

Lori and Norman

Wyatt with his mom, Donna, and Nancy

Elaine

Donna and mom, Joan

Mike, Leslie and Sharon

A girl hug

Joe's siblings - Neal and Joan

Tracey and Michael

The girls table

The boys table

Emily and Leslie

All of the activity was a little too much for Hallie

Um, breakfast rolls.

More boy cousins doing their thing together

Garrett showed off by walking on the ledge of the wet-distillers pit while his dad, Joey, gave a tour of the farm to his cousins.

More of the tour - Joey, Tracey, Kyle holding Simon, and Stephanie

More of the tour

Cousins Dominic and Garrett lagged behind the adults. They had their own tour.

Joey gave horse rides to the kids - this was Anna's turn

It isn't too often that I get a good photo of me. I like this one so I thought I would share it.

Nancy, Mick and Susan on the porch

The manager and reunion planner/organizer Susan

Sweet Nancy - I like this photo because you can see the beautiful sunset in the background.

Mick and Matt as they installed the new glass door on the tractor.

Matt, are you sticking your tongue out as you work?

Joey and son Garrett head to work.

Sam

Sam ran to meet his dad Joey

Sam and Joey

Sam pointed to the tractor that he wanted his dad to drive.

Garrett

Happy Birthday Adam

Adam is my youngest nephew and the son of my brother Bill. Have a great birthday Adam!

For my 450th post on this blog: Happy Anniversary to John and Stacia

Stacia and John

More photos from Dana and Rob's wedding

The sweet couple

Nancy and Zoe prior to the wedding

Rob tried to stay cool before the wedding.

Zoe with her Dad and her sons Deuce and John

Grace was the flower girl

Rob put his jacket on as the big moment drew closer.

Dana waited in her limousine prior to the ceremony. It was nice and cool inside the car.

The big entry

More of the entrance

Deuce read at the ceremony

The kiss

John did a great job as the ring bearer

Grace and John

Zoe and her Mom and children Grace and John

Zoe is a proud mom

Rob and Dana left the wedding area by crossing a bridge while the wedding guests showered them with bubbles.