"SCHILL" on Sand Dune
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Tennyson and Noah carrying up ice plant to their dad who was up on top of the dune printing "SCHILL" with the ice plant.
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| Ryan spelling out SCHILL with ice plant. |
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| Tennysen and Noah were great helpers. |
Ryan completed his big sign on the side of a huge sand dune that spelled out SCHILL. It would have been visible for family members coming into Monterey to welcome them to the reunion. The sign didn't last long because the next morning some people destroyed it while making their own message on the dune. Since Ry made it at night, we didn't even get a picture.
Embassy Suites Hotel
Ryan got us a good group rate and breakfast was included.
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| Elevator that took us up to our rooms and down to the lobby. |
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| The delicious custom made omelettes were a favorite for breakfast. |
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Service Project at Asilomar Conference Center |
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| We planted little pine trees and bushes on this hill by Merrill Hall. |
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| Jamisen enjoyed watering the newly planted trees and bushes. |
Our family wants to change this sign to read Schill Hill after planting trees in this location.
Asilomar Beach
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| Jackson loves to be around his cousin, Sebastian. |
Jackson having fun in the sand.
Claire and Bella loving their Subway sandwiches.
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| The family enjoying the Monterey Bay Aquarium. |
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| Jamisen and jackson looking at the Leopard Shark. |
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Point Pinos Lighthouse
The oldest operating lighthouse on the West coast. |
We took a tour of the lighthouse.
We enjoyed visiting around the lighthouse area.
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| The grandchildren had fun being together. |
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| Jeff wasn't too pleased to have Jackson smear his cookie on his shirt. |
Evening at the Monterey Ward
Family celebrating dad/grandpa's 46 years of teaching. He retired December 2014.
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| Photo of Ron's last day of teaching at Monterey Institute of International Studies |
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Jackson celebrating his 2 year old birthday during the reunion. His dad made him a train cake.
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Steve and Jen had their 22nd wedding anniversary at the reunion.
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| Playing Telestrations |
Pt. Lobos State Park
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| Father and Son |
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| Abalone Death Trail |
Indian Village in Pebble Beach
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| Ryan's traveling kitchen |
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| Chopping up the food for dinner |
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| Happy See Bee |
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| Walking to the Witch House |
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Grandchildren from the shortest to the tallest. It looks like we have a lot the same height. There are 10 grandchildren missing in this photo.
This cute little house in Pebble Beach is near where we used to live n 1982. We called it the Witch House or Gingerbread House. It is now owned by the State and they rent it out to people visiting the area. Ryan arranged for us to go inside and look around. |
The grandchildren loved riding in the back of "Blackie" on the dirt road from the witch house back to the Indian Village.
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| Rob and Ryan fixing dinner. |
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| Missy loved the grilled brussels sprouts. |
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| Woof-ums |
Line Dancing
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| Jackson put on quite the show with his dance moves. |
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| Sweet "See Bee" |
Fun in the Embassy Suites' Swimming Pool
New Year's Eve Party
Talent Show
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| Tennyson playing his harmonica |
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White Elephant Gifts
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Dave was thrilled to get Jeff's toilet mug.
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| Whoopee Cushion |
Hunter's Birthday
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| Hunter celebrating his 18th birthday at the reunion on December 31st. |
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| Abby giving Hunter a little help with blowing out the candles. |
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Balloon Stomp
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Traditional Reunion Burping Contest
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| Teej and Beck competing for the burping championship . |
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Look what happens when a nylon stocking is put over your head! |
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| Leah amazes us with her high kick! |
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| It was great to talk to Mike by way of Skype. We all missed having the Virginian Schills and the Finches with us. |
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Toast to 2015
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Dennis the Menace Park
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| When their parents were children they used to love to come to this park to play. |
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| Ryan arranged free entrance into Pebble Beach with our family reunion sticker. |
Family Band (Hobo Band) performing at Fisherman's Wharf.
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| A passerby asked if she could sing a song with the band. She told Jeff, Hunter and Steve what cords to play. She did a great job with her powerful voice. |
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Tennyson playing his harmonica.
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Whispering Pines
Ryan steaming the tamales.
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| Ryan was grateful for Rob's help with dinner. |
It was a cold night!
Playing soccer to try to get warm. Monterey was having unusually cold temperature as soon as the sun went down.
Chinese Lanterns
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| Ryan would light the wick and the lantern would expand like a hot air balloon. |
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| The lantern would rise and we held our breath as it hesitated and we wondered if it would go towards the expensive homes or out to sea. We sent up about 6 lanterns on Carmel beach and they all went the right direction. |
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| The lantern would catch the sea breeze and float out over the ocean. We could see them for a long distance! |
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Tennyson giving Jackson a drink in the hotel room.
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Moss Landing
Rob helping Ryan set up for a good time at Moss Landing. Ry used the big Schill sign to let family member know that they had arrived at the various locations during the reunion.
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| Ryan served chicken noodle soup for our lunch in the parking lot. |
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| Fun Kayaking |
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| Noah and Brinnan |
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| Ben |
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| Tennyson and Leah |
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| Brian |
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| Steve and Cambelle. |
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| Neat reflection of this gull. |
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| I'm so glad that I had the courage to get into the kayak. I was afraid I would tip the kayak over and end up in the very cold water. It was so exciting to be able to see the sea otter and her baby close up. |
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| McKay pointing out the sea otter and her baby. They are the dark area in front of the Harbor Seals that looks like a rock. |
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| Harbor Seals sunning themselves. |
One of the highlights of our reunion is seeing this mother sea otter and her little baby while we were kayaking at Moss Landing. We watched as she took her baby on to the sand and cleaned his fur and then nudged him back into the water.
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| Ryan furnished a lunch for us in the parking lot in Moss Landing. Thank goodness for "Blackie" his black truck. |
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| Sarah and Jamisen piling rocks on Hunter's shoes. |
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Pizza for Dinner at the Ward Building |
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| It was so nice to be able to use the ward building for two of the nights during our week together. |
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The Britsches had to leave early to drive back to Houston in order to get there by Monday. These next few photos are of the family saying good-bye. The Stewart family already had left to make the long drive back to Texas.
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Last Breakfast at the Hotel
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| Sebastian loves to take off his shoes and socks. |
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| Playing Pool at the Hotel |
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| A big THANKS goes to Ryan and his family for the effort, time and energy they put forth to make this family reunion so successful. The only thing that would have made the reunion better is to have had the Finches and Virginia Schills with us. We missed you! |
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