This blog was started with the intent of just posting family pictures. So that explains the blog's title. It has come to be so much more to me. It contains pictures of family events. It is not just a Langin branch but the whole tree including my family of Leonard, Freeman, Washburn, Wilbur, Dyson, Nylander and more. [The photo above shows JJ Langin's logging camp on the North Branch of the Pine River north of Riverdale, Michigan c. 1888.]
Linda and Kallie Jessica and Joe Kallie, Jessica, Joe
Geri's party was on monday, 4-2, but her actual birthday was on Friday, March 30 and that is the day we started arriving at the Langin House for the weekend. Chuck and I(Linda) came on Fri. in our small RV which we parked in the alley behind their house. We used it for the secret "going's on" that took place before the party. We brought the big cake with us that was made with Geri's mother, Ora's, quilt blocks on it in frosting. We also picked as many spring flowers as we could find in Jackson,MO and tried to take them to her in the RV "fridge". The cake made it, most of the flowers didn't. :-) On Sat., Rich and Peggy arrived with Janelle and Brian, their grown kids, and Karen & Jeff Shook (our daughter) and their 4 little ones came. Even though they made the Bell Tower Inn their headquarters, things began to liven up at the Langins' after that! Sunday morning was Palm Sunday church. Then Christy and Matt McKay(our other daughter) and their 3 little ones got there and then the biggest surprise of all. Sonja came from MI and she brought Tina McConnell with her! It was a last minute decision and they fooled all of us! Things got just plain crazy after that! Ralph Leonard and his family stopped by for awhile to welcome the whole bunch.
Geri Langin's family is giving her a birthday party in Centralia, ILL on April 2, 2007. All the family is invited. Pictures will be put on this site after the party. Chuck and Linda Langin Cox, Richard and Peggy Langin
Meeting family at the local Big Boy the night before the reunion has been a tradition. This was the first year I made it. And meeting again the morning after the reunion. This restaurant chain has been a favorite meeting place for many many years. Alma, St. John's, and I am sure wherever family has traveled and met others.
When words escape me I turn to pictures. I hope I am honoring my Aunt Shar's life by sharing these moments with the rest of the family. These are just a start. I will ask my cousin's permission before posting more. I would love it if anyone wishes to add to this. Just send the pictures by email attachment one at a time.
Ralph and Sharlene McKay
Sonja, nephew Larry Langin Baker(Ken's son), Phil and Sharlene