Summary: We went to the Noah Family Reunion.

Saturday, May 19th (Bentonville, Arkansas): We picked up Dutch (Lula Mae wasn't up to it) and drove up to Bentonville to find The Glen at Polo Park. We thought it would be easy because we'd been to the hotel where many people were staying the night before. We couldn't find it, so we went by the hotel. We ended up following Steve (Walter Allen's son) over there and after taking the scenic tour, we finally got to The Glen. The reunion was held at a large club house at a brand new development. It was really nice!!

We hung around outside for a while until Uncle Chesley, Imogene, Leroy and Charlene arrived and we got some group pictures.

Uncle Bill arrived with Greg, his great-nephew (on his wife's side). It was the first time in a long time that the three brothers (Dutch, Chesley, Bill) had been together.

We had a great lunch set up mainly by Walter Allen's daughters, Susan and Lizette. They had lots of help, too, but they did a great job feeding everybody. Then it seemed like it was storytime. Chesley did a great job demonstrating how Dutch was able to life the 110-lb milk bottles into the back of his truck. Chesley gets around pretty darn good for his age and there's nothing wrong with his long-term memory!!!!

Here is a partial family tree to keep track of who's who---

Walter's 1 kid: Carl

Dutch

Bill

Fred's (dec) 5 kids: Sue and Carl Jones, Tom and Karen, Larry and Debbie, Janice, Kathy and Rex Jeffrees

Guerney's (dec) 2 kids (2 of 3): Sheira with Joanie, Walter Allen with 3 (out of 4 kids): Steven, Lizette (with her son, 1 of 3), and Susan

Chesley's and Imogene's 2 kids: Leroy and Charlene, Melita

Nancy Rose's (dec) 1 son: BJ and Gwen

There was a large group!! Walter Allen did a great job getting everybody together and Lizette and Susan did a great job feeding us!! I'm sure everyone had a great time!!!!

The reunion was supposed to last until 4:00 p.m., but we left around 2:30 p.m. We drove Dutch back home, followed by the Kennett group (Sue and Carl, Tom and Karen, Larry and Debbie, Janice, Kathy and Rex). We visited with Lula Mae (she didn't make it to the reunion, so we brought the reunion to her). Then we got a call from Connie (Dutch's and Lula Mae's daughter) asking where everyone was. So, she came back to Siloam Springs and got to visit with the Kennett group.