This is getting to be easier to work with so by vacation time, I should have it down and won't have to spend a lot of time trying to figure it out.
Friday was delightful - except for the Packer pre-game that took everyone's attention after our great fish fry together. Six of the eight 'kids' in Bill's family hoopin' and hollarin' at the old TV!!!
Bill's sister, Eileen and I had sat all afternoon on the deck eating fruit, yogurt, cheese and crackers using Great Grandma Kiekhaefer's good dishes. The wine was pretty good out the beautiful wine glasses too. We also walked through Leo's gardens and of course, i had to bring a couple of new things home with me to plant in my perennial garden.
For supper we all gathered at bob's back at Wayside and ordered in the fish from DeGriefs and had a good time talking about the 'old days' as we so often do now when we're together. The football game and more visiting concluded the evening.
Saturday was very interesting - and something none of us expected. We had a visitor from Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was Pat (nee) Krenzke (don't remember her married name). She and her husband had come to visit "the WI relatives" only most of us had never met her before. She had no idea there were 6 of her cousins gathered together for such a visit.
She is the 40 yr old daughter of Martin Krenzke, brother of Dick and Ted Krenzke. Martin's family has always lived in Maryland. Martin designed submarine hulls for the gov't (top secret clearance job). Daughter Pat and husband also work for defense contractors - her husband also classified top secret. Her dad even worked with Jacques Cousteau so she had fascinating stories. She was very entertaining being quite the comedian. She also mentioned that Dick is battling diabetes. We wound up our visit with her in the Zion Wayside cemetery visiting the graves of her Natzke and Krenzke relatives.
The afternoon was spent at the original Kiekhaefer family farm where the Kiekhaefer reunion was hosted. The home is owned now by a family that has remodeled it and made it quite the show place. It looks like a B & B. The farm is also now state of the art. We were all very impressed. There were 86 of us who gathered together for chicken booya, good stories, a little history, tours, introductions, pictures, singing and visiting. The huge trees in the front lawn provided wonderful shade from the afternoon sun and refreshing breezes as we sat under them in our lawn chairs.
Saturday eve was yet time for more visiting back at Bob's until the midnight hour.
Worship this morning at 8. Dan and Barb stopped by to visit with us a little yet as we packed up and then made the trip back to Minnesota. Had to leave the car the drive way for a time when we got home to air out the 'cow' smell and flies from our van. Lots to do yet before we can leave for Sarah's tomorrow and our Canadian Rockies trip on Tues. A good night's sleep is definitely in order!
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