A GREAT 2005 ANDERSON FAMILY REUNION

WELL, I JUST GOT BACK FROM OUR TRIP.

WE WENT TO SEVERAL PLACES,

BUT THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS

ARE OF OUR FAMILY REUNION.

IT IS CALLED THE 'ANDERSON FAMILY REUNION'

BECAUSE THE BEGINNINGS

ARE FROM THE ANDERSON SISTERS,

RUTH, MARTHA AND JUDY.

OF COURSE, I'M THE ONLY ONE

WHO IS STILL AN ANDERSON.

I GUESS THAT MEANS

I LIKE MY NAME TOO MUCH TO CHANGE IT. YEAH!

WE MET IN NEWPORT, TENNESSEE,

AT A KOA CAMPGROUND.

NEWPORT IS IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS

AND JUST 30 MINUTES FROM THE NATIONAL PARK.

WHAT A GREAT TIME WE HAD.

WE ARRIVED ON TUESDAY AND LEFT ON SATURDAY.

I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN LONGER.

WE HAVE OUR REUNIONS EVERY 2 YEARS

AND ALWAYS HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE THERE.

THIS YEAR WE MISSED ANGIE AND THE TIM ROBERTS FAMILY.

OK, YOU GUYS, LET'S BE AT THE NEXT ONE, OK?

ITS NOT QUITE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.

EVERYBODY PLAYED AND ACTED SILLY EVERY DAY

AND THEN MET IN THE EVENING

FOR SOME HOMEMADE MUSIC.

HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE MUSICIANS IN THE FAMILY

IT WASN'T TOO HOMENADE SOUNDING.

IT WAS VERY HOT AND HUMID,

BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO STOP ANYONE

FROM HAVING A GREAT TIME.

THE DAY IT POURED DOWN RAIN

SOME OF THE KIDS

JUST THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SLIDING IN THE MUD.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID THAT?

THE LAST DAY EVERYONE

(WELL ALMOST EVERYONE)

HAD A 'DEATH WISH' AND WENT WHITE WATER RAFTING.

THE ANDERSON GIRLS WERE VERY WISE

AND STAYED WITH THE SMALLER CHILDREN.

THOSE WHO DID RAFT HAD A BLAST

EVEN THOUGH SOME THOUGHT

THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN,

AFTER THE RAFT DUMPED THEM INTO THE RAPIDS.

HOWEVER, THEY ALL DID SURVIVE

(EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THEM

MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO THERAPY STILL)

AND ENJOYED LAUGHING A LOT TELLING ABOUT IT.

THERE WAS A SNAKE

THAT COULDN'T STAND ALL THE PEOPLE

THAT WERE DUMPED INTO THE WATER

AND SO HE JUMPED INTO THE RAFT.

HE SAID,

'IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING SWIMMING IN THESE RAPIDS,

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE'.

I WILL POST SOME PICTURES

OF THE RAFTING ON A FUTURE POSTING.

WELL, ITS OVER FOR TWO YEARS,

AND NOW WE HAVE THE JOB OF DECIDING

WHERE OUR NEXT REUNION IS GOING TO BE,

ANY ADVICE FROM ANYONE? IT IS WELCOMED.

I AM SO PROUD OF MY FAMILY

AND LOVE THEM DEARLY.

I'M GLAD GOD GAVE THEM TO ME.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

JUDITH AKA. JUDY, AUNT JUDY