Gabrielsen Sibling Reunion 2024
In August, Patty invited us to she and Hal's beautiful home for a fun 3-day reunion. Ken and I went a day early to help cook.
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| Joan twisting the delicious Norwegian rolls. Everyone gathered on Thursday for a delicious Norwegian/ Swedish dinner, most made from recipes of our great-grandmother's. |
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| Such a beautiful table setting with Norwegian candlesticks and table runner. |
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| Roger carved the delicious Norwegian roast chicken |
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| Norwegian rolls with cardamon |
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| Norwegian Cucumber Salads |
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| Red Potatoes |
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| Norwegian and Swedish Flags sprinkled about |
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| Dishing up our plates |
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| Yum! Our great-grandmother Inga's Norwegian meatballs with delicious mushroom gravy, red potatoes, Norwegian roast chicken with lingon berries, cucumber salads, fresh tomato slices and Norwegian rolls. |
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| A buck just below Patty and Hal's deck. They have daily visits from deer. |
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| Friday morning we had a delicious breakfast casserole, |
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| Hashbrowns |
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| Cream cheese and fruit stuffed crescents |
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The men went golfing after breakfast and the sisters assembled history books about our family trip to Norway/Sweden last year. Patty did a beautiful job of capturing it all in word and pictures.
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| Cindy scoring the ham. |
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| For dinner that night we made ham with a delicious ham sauce, baked potatoes, corn, squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes. |
Saturday morning we left the house at 8 am and went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then drove to Logan to decorate graves of our parents and other ancestors. |
| Logan Cemetery |
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| Shonna and kids met us there. |
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| Wellsville cemetery where "Mother Park" and James are buried. They raised our grandma Peterson. She had this beautiful memorial placed on their grave. |
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| The final activity of our reunion was dinner at Maddox. So yummy! |
After dinner, everyone went their separate ways.Thank you, Patty, for organizing such a great reunion! Thanks to all for coming. We love you!!!!
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