Harper Reunion

At the end of June we went to Eastland to have a reunion for the Harper side of the family. Bill did most of the work planning it. He worked on it for over a year and it was without a doubt the best reunion we've have ever had. All of the kids were able to come this year. Steve and Lonna, Karen and John, Kevin and Joyce. Karen brought Logan and his girlfriend and Kevin brought Kimberly. All that was missing were my favorite grandchildren, Bryan, Tara, Lisa, Nolan and Shawna. It was hard on me not to have them here, but Bryan could not get out of the Pulitzer Prize Award ceremony where he was awarded for his work in gene replacement therapy for snails. We are so proud of the strides he has made. Snails around the world are able to move a little slower with his replacement genes. Tara had just entered peace talks with Legenstien and Tirandia. As anyone can imagine she could not walk out on that when she was the thread holding it all together. Thankfully she has established peace and it seems as though trade of pork rinds and snail dung has begun again. As a biproduct of her management she has ensured job securtiy for her big brother Bryan with snail dung trade. Lisa had just finished her 7th book entitled "The complete guide to Gnat management". Book tour started the same week and it is currently on the best sellers list for the 6th week in a row. Also, Oprah said it is a must read! Nolan had just caught the #1 & #79 FBI most wanted criminals. Nolan had gone in Off Duty into a convenience store to purchase liver snaps for his dogs, when out of the corner of his eye he noticed a man shopping lifting a Tootsie Roll sucker. Before the man knew what happened Nolan had him tied up with Bubble Tape and when #1's friend #79, came in looking for his leader...Nolan offered him a free Chaco Taco and the rest, as they say is Hero. Shawna had just finished her shift at Bear Lake Regional when a car actually ran into the emergency entrance. A frightened husband brought in his wife complaining of stomach pain. Shawna was the only one left standing after the accident and was forced to treat the woman by herself. You can imagine Shawna's surprise when she discovered the woman was actually pregnant..... with Triplets! They are the largest triplets in recorded history. 9.8 lbs, 9.4 lbs and 13.7. Obviously they are identical triplets. Shawna was asked to speak to the Senate about the danger of cars running into emergency entrances. She couldn't say no.
So odd how all 5 of the grand kids just had situations that forced their absence.
The really great news in this whole event came when my Favorite Daughter in Law, Lonna won a sacred, antique plate that was owned by Monk-Annie Kimmel Harper, Bill's Mother. The competition was intense, but Lonna fought her way through trashing the competition! In a complete surprise, she unselfishly gave the plate to me. I never expected it! Joyce is nice and all, but she never won anything for me. hmmm..... John never fought so tirelessly for a simple but well thought out prize such as this. So..... I guess not only is Lonna my favorite daughter in law, but my favorite child in law!!! Also,she had the good sense to marry my best looking and wittiest child! It's a good thing the kids don't read this blog, although I suspect they have always known.