Family BBQ

On Saturday July 12, my Frye family got together for a BBQ and Picnic at Beachview in Clarkston.
It was a wonderful day.

I went after Pullman's Scrapkit Club. I love Scrapkit and all the wonderful papers, embellishments and challenges. Sometimes the combination of papers and products in itself is a challenge which I enjoy tackeling. Wonder what I and everyone else will come up with this months kit. Shawana always gives us uniques and delightful items to work with. This month we have a skull. Wonder where I will use that one. Just have to wait and see.

When I got to Clarkston, I went and picked up my Aunt Lydia Bly. She is my Mother's older sister. And at 84 she is more active and capable than a lot of 30 somethings. I hope I age like her. She has a garden and many many flowers. She still drives and just a three years ago developed a new lot for her new home next to her old one. She got everything just as she wanted and supervised every minute of it being built making changes where it made the house more comfortable and useable for her.


Her she is admiring her newest Great Great Nephew Mason Frye my Brother Billy's Son's new baby boy born March 8.

Aunt Lydia raised for children and was a teacher. She is a great lady and watches over my Mama and their brother Sylvester and youngest sister Sadie Talley.

She had made a macaroni salad and took a large jar of her own pickled beets. YUM!

When we got their my Nephews Brian and Kirk, Billy's boys, were getting things all set up. Jamie Bjorklund and her new baby Madison were already there. Jamie is Billy's baby girl.

Here is Jamie and Madison and Chris, Jamie and Madison Bjorklund.






















Here my baby brother Bill Frye arrives and Kirk and Brian are in the background cooking or should I say BBQing.


Billy, my sister in law Debbie, niece Erica, nephew Travis and my youngest nephew Morgan all arrived with great aplomb.
They spilled their ice chest all over the ground and had to pick everything up.
Sounds like a Frye trick.





Here is Erica. Yes she did help pick everything up she just stopped long enough for me to take her picture.
















Here is my wild child, Morgan Eugene Frye.
How I love this little boy.
He calls me Aunt Kissie and always has hugs, cuddles, kisses, and lots of new news for me.Billy gave him our brother's middle name. Brian is named for our Brother Norman Eugene Frye but goes by his middle name Brian--Norman Brian Frye. Norman passed in 1998 to melenoma cancer. How we all miss him.





I sure think the world of my sister-in-law Debbie. She works for WSU in the French Administration building.

Debbie and Billy admire Madison. Jamie is in the background.













Of course my Father and Mother were there. The Care Center brought Mama on a bus and picked her up. Mom had a wonderful time but did get tired before the bus came back.

Here mama is with my double cousin Sylvia. I don't know what her married name is now but her father is my Mother's brother Sylvester Stubblefield and her mother is my Father's sister Peggy Ann Frye. Peggy passed three years ago due to complications of Diabetes and heart problems caused by childhood Rheumatic Fever.


Steven brought their father, Sylvester. and his beautiful new bride, Chrystal also came. She is so sweet.

Here Steven and Chrystal visit with Brian and Sylvia's husband Butch. Mama and Sylvester in the forefront.













Dad had a good time visiting and just enjoying the sun and fun. Here he is with Billy, Deb, Jamie's husband Chris Bjorklund, and of course Morgan.










Here are Dad and Jamie.










My sister, Cammie Laws, and Dad visited.

Two of Cammie's children also came. Alicia West and Kris Schinider and his wife, Katie. Her youngest son Shane Laws is now in the Marines. I miss him.


This is Kattie and Madison.









Here Alicia and Kris enjoy the wonderful foods everyone brought.






Kris also helped with BBQing.











The only people I haven't introduced you to are Molly (Mason's Mommy and Brian's wife), lovely Laura (Wyatt and Meghan's mama and Kirk's wife), and of course Wyatt and Meghan.

Here are they are Laura and Wyatt. I don't have a good picture of either Molly or Meghan. Next time.


Here Laura holds Madison and Jamie holds Mason.


Oh, and least I forget the Food!
Just as a side note I took the fruit salsa and cinnamon chips that were last week's Recipe of the Month in Pullman. Very good I might add. Some people thought it was a stand alone salad and the chips just good. Others thought it went on the cake with whipped cream. My Aunt Barbara Stubblefield (Uncle Noland's wife who is my Mother's brother. He passed two years ago of Mesothelioma.) loved the chips and asked how to make them. I don't have a picture of her in any form I am ashamed to say.
All the food was delicious. And this isn't all of it.










Dad took Mama to met the bus but stops to tell Sylvia Good bye.













Travis gives Mama a hug and tells her goodbye.





After Mother left, I took Aunt Lydia home and came home to Pullman. It was a lovely day but very long. Hope to do it again before too long.

Hope you enjoyed the visit and come again soon.