Aunt Lucy's Memorial Service

Aunt Lucy (July 2010)

Julie's great aunt Lucy passed away in April. Her daughters, brothers, nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends gathered on Mother's Day to celebrate her life.

All of Aunt Lucy's daughters and nieces and nephews, the Bishop cousins, were able to attend the memorial service. We got a nice photo of most of them, but a few had left already:

From left to right: Pat, Kathy, Karen, Carol, Sue, Lois, Clyde, Peggy, John, Herman, Mary Jane, George, Joyce, Barb, & Ginny

Missing: Walt, David, Jeffrey, and Kenneth

Visit From Aunt Pat And Clara

Julie's Aunt Pat and cousin Clara came to visit us. Clara enjoyed playing with our toys, on our piano, and outside.

Once again, we didn't take any photos, so these are borrowed from Aunt Pat.

Clara and Julie playing a duet:

These aren't from our visit, but they're irresistibly cute photos of Clara with a bunny and chicks:

Bishop Family Gathering

This year's family gathering was moved later in the spring so that the weather would be nicer for those traveling long distances. It was held on Anita's 40th birthday, but unfortunately, she and Evan weren't able to make it in from Idaho.

Aunt Mary riding the see saw with Clara and Petie

Petie

Clara

Petie

Petie and his aunt Marilou

Nikki and Billy, the littlest addition to the Bishop family

Billy and Rick

Eileen

Jen (and baby Hurley) and Julie (and baby Shilane)

Jen called the following weekend to let us know she and Zak are expecting a baby the end of August. We're so happy for them!!

We also started telling family this weekend that we're expecting a baby in mid-November. Julie is 8 weeks pregnant in these photos and due November 12.

Phil and Julie

Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house again this year. Julie's mom, dad, Aunt Mary, and Uncle Bob joined us as well as Phil's sister Amy and her fiance Brent.

We had Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, salad, and cooked carrots. For dessert we had an apple pie and a cherry pie.

We also sang Happy Birthday to Mom since her birthday was the week before.

On Black Friday, we took Amy and Brent to Bed Bath & Beyond to set up their wedding registry. We bought them their first gift from off their registry. The free gift wrapping may well have been more exciting than the gift itself.

Julie's 30th Birthday

Thanks to all the friends and family who came to celebrate Julie's 30th birthday!

Julie & 30 beautiful roses from Phil

Friends and family

Aunt Fran, Aunt Peg, Uncle Ed, Dad, & Uncle Bob

Bob & Kevin

Uncle Ed, Dad, Julie, & Moravian friends, Tim and Patti

Tim & Uncle Clyde

Friends from Moravian, Jim, Rachel, & their daughter Elena

Friend from high school, Missy & her daughter Addy

Missy's son Evan watching a video with Elena

Princeton friend Harriet & her son Henry

Princeton friends Jyoti, Courtney, & Henry

Phil & Mom lighting the candles

Phil & Julie

Julie's Cousins in California

Two of Phil's good friends are getting married Labor Day weekend. There are a number of events going on during the week, so we came out to California for the entire week. Phil is working from the EMC office in Santa Clara, and Julie is telecommuting from our hotel room. We have the weekends and evenings scheduled full of visits with family and friends.

On Saturday evening, we met up with Julie's cousin Sandi Steich and Julie's mom's cousin Susan Walton.

Sue & Sandi

Sue moved to San Francisco in the 1970s and does a lot of music education programming for children.

Sandi, David, Heather, Nathan, Josh, and Jake have lived in California for the last 16 years. David's the other person with a Ph.D. (electrical engineering) in Julie's family and works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Susan showed us around the Bay View Boat Club where she is the grounds keeper. Then we got a driving tour of the Mission District, where there are lots of murals on the building walls.

Mural

After dinner, Sue took us on more of a driving tour up and down the hilly streets of the city, including a trip down the windiest street. We also drove to the top of Twin Peaks to get a great (but cool and windy) view of the city.

Twin Peaks

View of San Francisco from the top of Twin Peaks

Sue, Julie, & Sandi

Then we drove to Sandi's house to spend the night. We visited with David and Jake for a while in the evening. Since David and Phil do work in similar areas, they get the chance to talk about what they're working on to someone who understands.

On Sunday, we visited more with Sandi, David, Jake, and Josh, and briefly saw Nathan and met his girlfriend. Nathan's turning 21 tomorrow! Phil and Jake had a good time playing video games, especially Lego Star Wars. Although Jake crushed Julie at most games, she managed to beat him at Wii bowling.

Then David, Sandi, and the two of us went to brunch at Wente's, where Heather works. She waited on us and treated us to a fantastic multi-course brunch. The food was excellent! Thanks Heather, David, and Sandi!!

David, Heather, & Sandi

Julie, Phil, David, & Sandi

Aunt Lucy's 87th Birthday

Aunt Lucy, Julie's maternal grandfather's sister turned 87. Her daughters threw a party for her and the extended Bishop family.

Aunt Lucy and 4 of her daughters: Pat, Kathy, Ginny, & Barbara

Kathy is talking on the phone to Susan, who lives in California

Barbara & Angela

Rick & Ginny

Several of Aunt Lucy's children and grandchildren

Wayne & Will

Cousins Carol & Kathy

Aunt Lucy's great grandsons

Aunt Lucy's nieces: Mom, Aunt Mary, Aunt Peg, & Aunt Lois

Group shots:

Uncle Ed, Clara, & Aunt Pat

Julie, Dad, & Uncle Ed

Phil, Julie, & Clara

Adorable Clara

This photo was taken in January 2009 of Aunt Lucy and her remaining siblings

Uncle Richard, Uncle George, Aunt Marge, & Aunt Lucy