Left to right, front to back: KayLynn Hansen Smith (Phil's youngest daughter, from L.A.), Phyllis Hansen Sant Gainsborough (Phil's eldest, from L.A.), Millie Kay Calder Francis (Floy's eldest, from Farmington, UT), Cameron Calder (Floy's youngest, from Alpine, UT), Hank Taylor (Alta's eldest, from Palo Alto, CA), Chris Christensen (Lina's only son, from Dallas, TX), H. B. Calder (Floy's eldest son, from Ann Arbor, MI), Stephen Taylor (Alta's third child, from Provo, UT), David Taylor (Alta's fourth child, from Provo, UT), Kreg Calder (Floy's second son, from Salt Lake City, UT), Kelly Hansen (3rd A.K. Hansen, Arch's eldest child, from Tucson, AZ).
Saturday evening dinner at the Blind Dog in Park City with Hank and Colette
Sunday morning brunch at Millie Kay's cabin just across the county line in Duchesne County. Allyn Hansen Thompson (Kelly's eldest daughter), Cameron, Chris, Ann Hansen (Arch's second son Bob's widow), Kelly, Norma (H.B.'s partner), Auntie Ann, Stephen, and Colette.
Alta's progeny: DAT & KBT, HDT Jr. & CGT, AW & SKT
Chris, H.B., Millie Kay, Norma, Ann, SKT, KBT, CamThese are great folks: loving, passionate, intelligent, with a well-honed sense of family/family history and great values. As those of you who carry the blood or have to live with it know, they are strong minded. It is interesting to note that some do not share the religious conviction that brought the first A.K. Hansen from Denmark in the 19th century. Hank and I did an interesting little excercise and found that 10 of 20 in our generation of cousins are active: 50%. Of our Taylor cousins, 27 of 30 are active, 90%. He and I spent quite a while discussing how that could be, and we have no real conclusions. Interesting, though, n'est ce pas?
We had such a good time, we'll probably do it again soon.
OXO
David, Dad, Dickie, whatever
5 comments:
Thank heavens for that Taylor part of me. I don't think I'm even split 50/50 in my Mormonism. I'm split more like: 20% native LDS, 80% humanist (tho not secular) alien.
It's just that the 20% is so darn powerful, and I've never trusted much of what the other 80% has to say.
Looks like it was fab. Wish I could have come. I have way too much Hansen in me also but the Taylor is strong too!
It is very interesting to ponder why, but alas who knows. Sometimes I am quite Taylor and other times quite Hansen. It looks like a fun time.
Funny that it was 50/50. Looks like it was fun.
It looks like you had a wonderful time. I think it was smart that you simplified it (who was invited, and what you did). What a great turn out. I can see my generation of cousins gettin together at some later point and having a grand time.
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