The Spokane Reception

Friday night we had the big party at Mom and Dad's house. Lots of family in attendance: Nathan and Tawnya, with their boys; Kayla and I with our boys; my cousin Robin and wife Valerie, with their coterie of children (7 out of 9 came); Mom, Dad and David; my aunt Debbie with her daughter Diana; and of course, Ryan and Sarah. Josh showed up that night after driving up from Gresham. The weather was beautiful; the bug zapper was kept in constant operation; and the pinata was smashed in a single stroke by one of the Ekenes boys (though not until all the little 'uns had been at it for at least ten minutes with plastic whiffle ball bats). Indeed, as the old timers would say, "a good time was had by all"....

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