Old timey family photos

While at the reunion, I took pictures of pictures.  So yes, the quality is horrible.  But I wanted to get these because I may not ever get another chance to see some of these photos of my Grandpa and Grandma Niederhauser and other relatives, many of whom are no longer living.  At least now they will be in my blog book for my own posterity.


Grandma Violet Bindrup Niederhauser (my dad's mother)  She was a very classy lady.

Grandpa Alma Joseph (AJ) Niederhauser (my dad's father)  He always had me laughing.

Violet with snowshoes.

AJ and Violet. 

Grandpa used to raise ponies.

Grandma with one of her sons (could be my dad, but I'm not sure)

My grandparents had a lovely farm.

Grandma loved animals.

My dad Karren (left), Mark and Kathryn

I can remember my grandparents when they looked more like this.

You never think of your grandma as being so flexible and agile.  This was her in high school.

Okay, this picture of Grandpa was taken in the early 1960's.  He is holding the rope between his teeth.  My dad says Grandpa would even put the rope around his neck.  (Don't ever do this kids.  Not safe!) 

Siblings:  Mark, Clare, Kathryn, Lynn, Bruce and my dad, Karren.

Mark and Dad

This is my great Grandpa Christian Niederhauser.  I never knew him.  He died a few years before I was born.  He came to the USA from Switzerland.

I never knew my Great grandma Katherine Hostettler Niederhauser, either.  She gerw up in the same town of Guggisberg, Switzerland as my great grandpa.  They got married after they came to the US.

These are Violet's parents.  Elizabeth Schenk (from Switzerland) and Nephi Bindrup (from Denmark).  So my dad is 3/4 Swiss and 1/4 Danish.

Grandma, skiing with one of her beloved dogs.

Uncle Mark and my dad on their horses.

Another of my dad's horses.

I love this picture and what Grandma wrote (below) on the back of it.

Niederhauser Family Reunion

On July 18th we celebrated what would have been my Grandpa AJ Niederhauser's 108th birthday.  All of his posterity that could, came to a family reunion that day to celebrate.  We held it at a park in Clinton, Utah.

 

 

This is a picture of Grandpa sometime in the 1920s.

We ate a Costco birthday cake in his honor.

These are his children and their spouses (missing Uncle Lynn, who passed away several years ago)

I'm going to list everyone's name, that I possibly can, in this post.  Because years from now, when my posterity looks at these pictures in my blog book, they won't have to say, "I wonder who the heck that relative of mine is."

I will go from left to right in all of the coming photos.

 

Kathryn Wallace, Bob Wallace, Joanne Niederhauser, Karren Niederhauser, Shauna Niederhauser, Mark Niederhauser, Marylou Niederhauser, Marlene Niederhauser, Bruce Niederhauser, Berrie Niederhauser, Clare Niederhauser

 

These are some of my cousins and their spouses.

 

Top: Nate Niederhauser, Preston and Natalie Niederhauser, Curt and Amy Niederhauser, Dave and Necha Coombs, Jeff Niederhauser, Steve Niederhauser, Dave Grose, Scott Vaterlaus, Troy Niederhuaser, Ron Niederhauser, Mike and Debbie Christensen.

Bottom:  Carrie Niederhauser, Jill Cannon, Fran Niederhauser, Julie Grose, Carrie Vaterlaus, Tammy Niderhauser

These are some, but not all, of my first cousins (and most of my siblings)
Top:Preston, Jeff, Nate, Steve, Curt, Ron, Tyler, Bottom:
Necha, Jill, Becky, Julie, Carrie, Debbie

Then I went around and tried to get a picture of most of the people while they were eating.  I may have missed a few who weren't there yet.

The Christensens: Colby, Sophie, Debbie, Jessica, Mike, Brandon. (Debbie is my sister.)

Niederhausers: Jake, Tammy, Sara, Steve, Ryan.  (Steve is my brother)

 

Dallin and Karlie Niederhauser, Quin and Heidi Boardman (My nephew and niece)

Niederhausers: Clockwise from left: Clare, Carrie, Ivy, Preston, Natalie, two of their children (Mitt and a the little girl's name I can't remember) and Berrie.  Clare is my dad's brother.

Natalie, Preston, Major.  Preston is my first cousin.

Mark and Marylou Niederhauser (my dad's brother)

 

Necha, Joann, Mark Marylou, Troy's daughter (don't know her name)  Necha is my first cousin.

Jill Cannon (my first cousin), Marlene, Bruce (my dad's brother), Kathryn (my dad's sister), Shauna (my uncle's wife), Allie (Jill's daughter)

Fran and Jeff, my brother.

My first cousin, Nate, and three of his sons.

The Vaterlaus family: Maria, Scott, Carrie, Sheldon, Hannah, Leah

Ashley and her boys, enjoying the water balloon volleyball.

I was actually surprised at how many of my relatives came to this reunion.  It was so nice to see them!  I'm blessed with such a great extended family.

Bear Lake 2015

We had a family retreat with everyone but Steph, Jared and Shad (they are in New York) up at Bear Lake.  We stayed at the campground near Rendezvous Beach.

 

 

In the picture above, we are looking at what is in the picture below:  two Golden Eagles and their nest.  This was right in our campsite.

 

 

We made "smores in a bag" after dinner the first night we were there.

The next morning, after breakfast burritos, we went to the beach.  We spent the entire day there.

 

We rented a water trampoline.

After the beach we all went to get shakes.  Dave and I got the raspberry shakes that Bear Lake is famous for.

Then we went back to the campsites again.

The last day, we got up and went to Church.  Then had lunch and left for home.  I am pretty sure everyone had a great time on this little family vacation.