2024 Hansen Family Reunion, Thursday morning

Thursday was a full day. We started out the morning with Egg McMuffin-type breakfast sandwiches, courtesy of Kent and Melanie.

Afterwards we did a memory walk where different members of the family made presentations about members of the family who have passed on: grandparents along with Drew and Alice.

After the memory walk, we re-created famous pictures from Hansen family history.

Liesl, Brian, Kent, Gary, Tyler, Heidi, Kurt, Craig

Liesl, Katrina, Max, Ian, Austin, Daphne

Kurt, Heidi

Frances, Charlie

Charlie, Frances, Adelaide, Susan

Tyler, Liesl, Heidi, Susan

Katrina (Austin, Ian)

JoEllen playing Herod

Neil, Paula, Dad

Russ, Paula, Gary

Brian, Craig, Kurt

Thys, Clyn, Charlie

Unknown person, Mom, Kurt, Dad, Tyler, Heidi with Abraham Lincoln

Matthew, JoEllen, Eddie, Brian, Emma, Felicity with Dad

Bruce, Neil, Paula, Martha, Clyn, Lana

Bruce, Neil, Paula with unknown neighbor children

Brian and Liesl with Paula

Thys and Lana with Camille

Paula holding Craig, Dad, Neil, Bruce having a groundbreaking for our first home

Faith (or Hope) holding Lucie, Dad, Miles, Mika

Neil, Bruce, Craig, JoEllen, Dad

Matthew, Brian, Eddie, JoEllen, Dad (and Felicity)

Dad and JoEllen (48 years later)

Grandpa Bill with Craig

Jan and Milo

Kent, Craig, Brian, Kurt

Hope (or Faith), Abby, Charlotte, Hadley

Abby, Mika

Kent, Brian

Charlotte, Emma, Milo, Brian, Eddie, Matthew, Jan, Hope

Kent, Heidi, Kurt, Craig, Tyler, Brian

Adelaide, Charlie, Kurt

Kent, Brian, Kurt

Tyler and Liesl

Abby and Mika

Bruce, Craig, Paula, Neil

Charlotte, Faith, Hope, Miles

Susan, Neil, Kristie, Liesl, Craig

Lana, Liz, Maria, Quincey, and Megan

Bruce, Brian, Paula, JoEllen, Uncle Dennis, Neil

Ian, Katrina, Daphne, Austin, Max

Kent, Brian, JoEllen

Hendrik, Oliver, Milo, Brigham

Emma, Megan, Justin, Craig

Emma, Megan, Camille, Clyn

Tyler, Daphne, Kurt, Susan, Frances

Tyler, Liesl, Kurt, Susan, Heidi?

It's really fun for me to see the old and new together.

Afterwards we played quite a bit of Kahoot with trivia questions by Clyn, but I didn't really get pictures of that. (And I didn't win.)

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