Big Bear Vacation in 1993 so Fun! Miss Our Connie at the Office!

I sent Jeanne $25 for the family reunion in Utah.   I am not sure who will come with us but we will be there.  Richard and I will leave Thursday and stay in Las Vegas and then get to Utah on Friday and stay Friday and Saturday night and then leave Sunday and go as far as Las Vegas again.  We are getting too old to drive it all in one day.

We had a wonderful time at Big Bear last weekend.  John came up on Saturday so everyone was there.  They had put us in three condos stacked on top of each other so it was easy to share food and baby sitting and going to the pool, etc.  We walked, boated, ate, swam, played games and some of the them went mountain biking.  At $35 a night for a condo it was a real bargain.  Even Jimmy's friend Roger was there. John and Jimmy had their traditional monopoly game that went till all hours of the night.  Jimmy won this time.

The boys loved the pool.

John and Kelly getting acquainted.  Climbing trees!

An imaginary collage!

Face painting for Meagan?  Amy.

Current grandchildren above.  All four of our children are married now.

Even Roger, best friend of Jimmy was there.  Richard loves these outings.

Melissa always is photogenic!

We would take out the boat in the afternoon and the children loved that.

It was really a great weekend!!.  So many activities indoors and out.

Lagonita Lodge provided rentals on the boats.

Connie, my evening and weekend assistant has been out for several weeks now because her mother is in such a bad way.   Connie works still at the school in the day, so she needs someone there.

My other assistant is doing much better but there is still so much she does not know.  Always learning, always trying to move on and make things work!!

Hardy Family Reunion, August 1994

The 27th day in August on Torrey Pines Beach in San Diego was perfect with lots of sun, sand and surf and a goodly number of the descendants of Merlin and Vida Hardy present. 

Most of the Martin Hardy's were there except we missed Dorothy Hardy and her baby.  The Sutehalls had surprised everyone and come all the way from Mexico and the Stanfords from Texas!

All of Miriam Hardy's family were present except for Matt's family and Julie and her family.  This was their first year at the reunion and we were delighted to hear about their remembrances of Scott Hardy at the evening dinner.

The Richard Hardy family was all there, too, except Jessica had to work and could not be with us.

 Everyone was having fun surfing, riding in a raft, jumping around in the waves and getting acquainted--oh and eating El Pollo chicken, hot dogs, watermelon, cookies, chips, pretzels, grapes and pop.  Martin had put up a terrific shade which housed a large group of non-sun worshipers.

Saturday night we all gathered for salads, ham and turkey and a special celebration cake in honor of Merlin and Vida's wedding of August 25 so many years ago.  There was a special "Hardy Bingo" for the adults and swings and slides for the little ones.

 The highlight of the evening was honoring Scott Hardy and we heard from Martin, Richard, Miriam, Matt, Alan, Merlin, Lorrie, Jenny and Becky.  A special remembrance book will be  presented to  all the Hardys about Scott Hardy.

1994 was truly a memorable reunion and we all shed a tear, had 

many laughs and grew a little closer.  That's what family is all about.  

Richard and Martin did the serving and cooking and were wearing T-shirts that said,  

"I CAN HARDY WAIT UNTIL THE 1995 REUNION." 

Lagonita Lodge 1998

In the summer I kept our timeshare time at Lagonita and had a wonderful time with the grandchildren.

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Since I was now working with WMA and James and the guys I obtained my insurance license also.  I also have my securities license and I did use it when I invested the $25,000 I received from selling the house.