John headed to the MTC

I've also attached a picture we took of John Hales when he visited us two weeks ago on his way to the Provo Missionary Training Center. Also a picture of John saying goodby to his "close friend" Mattison Beckman>

A Huge Thank You

This is Grandma Leona and I wanted to send this message to everyone how much I appreciated all the work that was put in to make our Family Reunion a huge success.

The Hales Reunion shirts. The dinner Friday night at the church. Introducing the family members by Mark Calkins. The games by Debbie that everyone enjoyed. The food delicious. Mark and Cathy bringing the

huge Birthday cake for Vera's Happy Birthday.An evening of fun one with another.

The next day we all met in the park for the famous Hank Hales Baseball Game. A picture is attached of

the game with young and old participating. Many pictures were taken Sandwiches, pizza and drinks were served to everyone. There were several families that had to leave early, and we missed them. Sunday after church all came to the Old's Home for hamburgers, salads, and all the trimmings in the back yard. A good turn out.

This message is coming to thank each and everyone for all they did to make our reunion a great success. May love and good wishes be with each and everyone. Good health and happiness to you all. Vera your eggs were appreciated. Much love and blessings TO ALL. Debbie you are appreciated.

UNTIL WE GET TOGETHER AGAIN!

Family Pictures

I  don't have everyone's pictures, so we're going to need people to add theirs, but here are some of the family pictures...... (Roberto did such an awesome job with designing the shirts!)

Cindy and her girls with Grandma

Cindy's boys with Grandma (I think it's hilarious and very Taylor and David that they're not wearing the reunion shirts)

Diane and her girls with Grandma

Josh and his family with Grandma (what a good looking family!)

Grandma with her Son-in-laws.......always stirring up trouble at these things :)  Where did they get the Magnum PI shades?

Stuetz Family (missing Joel & Daniel) - I like the head cut-off look- it's typical of a lot of family pictures taken

2010 Hank Hales Memorial Softball Game

These are some of the pictures I have from the game. It was a tie- although there were a couple shady calls here and there.  (Roberto slugging it)

Christina and Abby (her first softball game and she did awesome!)

Vera, Leona & Leonard with Nathan

Changing of the guards.....

Karen & Debbie

Welcome to the New Family Blog

Hi everyone!  In an effort to keep in touch and know what everyone is up to we've put together this blog for everyone to participate in.  We thought it might be a little easier to keep up with than trying to send a newsletter around.  For those of you that need tutorials on how to do this let me (thompson.rebekah@gmail.com) or Angie know and we can help you out.  We can call and walk you through it for those that feel a little technologically challenged.  Also, if you have your own blog that you would like posted on the side you can add it or send one of us the URL to add to the blog.  Feel free to post what's going on with your families and all the reminiscing you want to do.  This can be a lot of fun and a good way for everyone to feel more connected to each other.