June 14, Dad's youngest sister Gonnie & husband Jack flew in from Edmonton and spent a wonderful 9 days between his family and ours.
We so enjoyed their visit! It worked out really well with them staying at Jack’s cousins close by and making visits from there – they got to see lots of this beautiful area too that way, as well as the trips we took them on…
With Christine on the tourboat at the Toronto Lakeshore
as part of a sightseeing bus tour
Uncle Jack with Betty's kids at their farmhouse
Dad and his "susje"
You can really see the family resemblance - Tante Gonnie really reminds me of their mother (Great) Oma- so many of the same expressions and mannerisms - Dad has some of them too - interesting to observe.
Chris has their eyes & nose, eh?
Jack & Gonnie lived here years ago. They met at the Weston Church Youth Circle. It was love at first sight for Jack (he was primed by Dad he claims) and he was at her doorstep 6 o’clock the next morning to drive her to work! And he persisted till he won her heart! Wow! They got married 2 weeks after Dad & Mom, lived here for a couple years and then moved with their baby, Jack Jr to Staphort close to (Great) Oma. 14 years and 3 more kids later, they moved to Edmonton where Jack’s family was where some of us were able to met up with them.
They came back once 23 years ago for Christine’s wedding! Since then our family has grown tremendously! But no one was completely unknown to them since Tante Gonnie & Uncle Jack have been following our blog! Neat how quickly we reconnected and were able to have fellowship also – even got to hear Maurice preach (he did our Sunday morning service and Lord’s Supper! How special!)
We managed to arrange a little reunion for them with the group they hung around with who also got married around the same time. They hadn’t seen each other for years also. You should have heard the shouts and laughter when they each arrived! What a racket!! and what a hoot! (Wish I had been up to capture it on video, however, I was closeted in my room having just gotten over “the flu” & still very tired - I actually slept through the whole party! Sad to have missed it but glad they all had such fun!)
And Gonnie & Jack were here for the family celebration of Mom’s b-day – which made it really special. (Posts on that coming)
