The Committee Meeting...

First we want to thank those who came to the committee meeting this past Saturday! We got a lot accomplished and are so grateful for the ideas and help that you will be providing.

On to the News!!!! NEXT YEARS GODBEHERE FAMILY REUNION WILL BE APRIL 17, 2011. 

It is once again on Palm Sunday! It will be held once again at Saguaro Ranch Park from 11am to 4 pm! 
We all love Saguaro Ranch Park!

It will once again be a Potluck Lunch! So don't forget to bring your favorite food item to share with everyone!

We will be sending out letters this summer to family members asking that you help us and be your families Representative. We need you to help us with births, deaths, marriages, and military service. We have some ideas on who these people are gonna be but if you would like to be your family rep please let us know. This is for the information that we all love to see on the newsletter!

We have once again decided that we will be raffling off another Godbehere book, From here to there with the Godbeheres, as well as any other items that will be donated... If you have craft or a skill please share it and place it in the raffle for the 2011 reunion. If you have any questions about the raffle please e-mail us Dori has agreed to help with the raffle and keep it organized! Thank you Dori!

This year there will also be printed name tags with your family tree printed on it! So if you need to get us information regarding your family please let us know. Tiffany and Ginger will be working on all the family history and the large family tree that will be posted at the reunion.

There will once again be games for the children and don't worry adults there will be some games for you too...

We are so excited for next years reunion! We that you are too.

Reminder!!

Hi All!  Don't forget that this Saturday evening at 7pm is a committee meeting for the Godbehere Family Reunion.  It will be held at Nikki's house! We really need your support and your input to plan next year's reunion.  We need people to bring suggestions of what parks we could have the reunion at that wouldn't be as costly.  Any other thoughts or suggestions you may have will be appreciated.  We hope to see you there! If you are out of town and are unable to attend you may send any thoughts via email.

So you might have heard...

that Pamela Croteau (Martha Mandile's daughter) is having Godbehere get-together..... It is this Sunday, March 28, 2010 from 1 to 4 pm at her home. Some expressed disappointment at the reunion being canceled and so Pamela is hosting a get-together at her house and it is still pot-luck. There are some family members coming to town so, if you would like to see them please feel free to join them at Pamela's home!

The Godbehere Family Reunion will be next Year 2011.... Don't forget that there will be a Godbehere Family Reunion Meeting on April 17, 2010 at Nikki Wilson's home at 7 pm. We really hope that you will come to have your voice heard and to help with the planning. We want the Godbehere Family Reunion to be a pleasant experience for all.... Please help with that. 

If you have any questions please contact Nikki Wilson or Tiffany Pankau.... or you can e-mail us at 

godbeherefamilyreunion (at) gmail (dot) com

A Committee Meeting

The Godbehere Family Reunion Committee Meeting will be held Saturday, April 17, 2010. 7 pm @ Nikki Wilson's House! Please join us!

Hi All!!

The Godbehere Family Reunion for this year, 2010, has been canceled. I know this is sad as many people come every year! The Godbehere Family Reunion newsletter has been mailed to all current addresses that we have on file. There is a survey in with the newsletter that I hope you will all fill out and return. Jeanie Hogg had done such a fantastic job keeping up with everyone. Addresses were always up to date and information was always given for the newsletter. She is sadly missed. So with that being said WE EXPECT AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE IN 2011! 

I am sure that many of you have questions and I am sure that many of you want to know how YOU can help. We have some ideas about that and hope that you will contact us with your ideas and contributions. 

First: We will be starting up a committee to fill Jeanie's shoes! This will allow for multiple sides of the family to be heard and to help. Don't worry if you live far away... you can still help and be part of the Godbehere Family Reunion.

Second: We will be asking that you all help us with keeping your addresses updated. As well as asking for your help in giving information to us for births, deaths, marriages, and military service. This is something that Jeanie loved to see on the Newsletter. I loved seeing it, as I am sure most of you did as well.

Third: We will be working really hard on getting to know all of you. I know that sometimes when you come to a reunion you aren't sure how everyone fits together. You are not alone, others probably feel this was too. So we will be working hard on family trees and our family history so that we might all know where each other fit into the family! 

Fourth: We will be setting up another Godbehere Family Reunion blog that will be made private so that any information regarding our families can remain private to the outside world. All of those who would like to be invited will be invited (e-mail addresses will be necessary). This will be a place where we can let other family members know of births, deaths, marriages, and military service through out the year and not just on the newsletter (don't worry all of this info will still be on the newsletter). This is also a place where we can spotlight families so that we might get to know each other better. 

That is it for now, please share this blog and information with all that you can so that we might get this information to everyone. 

Remember that our e-mail address is godbeherefamilyreunion@gmail.com. Please e-mail us with any and all questions comments or concerns! This is just another way that we can all stay connected. If you know someone that doesn't have access to the internet and they have questions please have them address letters Nikki Wilson or Tiffany Pankau at this time! 

We are going to keep this blog updated regularly as well...

I hope that you are all having a wonderful year so far and look forward to seeing you in 2011 in Arizona! 

~Tiffany

Finally Posting Again!!

Hi all! I'm sorry it took me so long to get back on the blog. After the Godbehere Family Reunion I had finals and graduation from Glendale Community College to worry about and then I got a new full time job. I've been adjusting to my new schedule and getting the kids back to school. But I'm ready to look forward towards next year's reunion. I will be forming a committee to help me with the specifics and to make some of the decisions that need to be made. I am hoping for a meeting in Sept. If you live in the Phx area and would like to come please let me know. I've been reading the information sheets that were filled out at the reunion. They are very helpful and I really appreciate everyone's support at the last reunion. I know my grandmother was smiling down at our determination to continue on without her.

Some of the "getting to know you" papers were really cute, so I thought we would play a little game. I'll put some information from a couple of the surveys and you can all try to guess who the people are.

1. Female, Married, 4 children, 4 siblings, occupation: jackass farmer.

2. Male, married, 8 children, 2 siblings, Occupation: RN Something funny: "Thought I was done having kids, and here comes more!!"

3. Male, not married, kids?: "The world is not ready for little ________s", 2 siblings, occupation: network security engineer, Something funny: "Not at liberty to disclose as it is a condition of my parole agreement"

I'll let you chew on those for a while. I'll probably add some more next time I write. Thanks for being patient with me, and be sure to start thinking about coming to the reunion next year!
Thank you,
Nikki Wilson

Hi All this is just a reminder... The Godbehere Family Reunion is this weekend!
April 4, 2009
9am-5pm
Sahuaro Ranch Park

Don't forget its a potluck! Bring something to share!

There will be games, a raffle, food and family what more could you want!! We can't wait to see everyone!