2008-08-11

2nd Fonacier Family Reunion


By most accounts it was better than the 1st. I'll see if I can get my hands on some pics later on. For now you can visit Austin's blog for a few of the pics.

UPDATE: More pics courtesy of Annette.

UPDATE II: Memories of 2008 Fonacier Family Reunion:

  • Nazi Park Rangers
  • Jayden and Cedric quitting football on the second series of the game while the younger Noah played all the way through.
  • Football, Softball, and Volleyball.
  • Hitting Roland with water balloons.
  • Continuing the family reunion over drinks at The Slidebar.
  • Getting to know cousins (Joy, Dean, Roxanne, Fahren(sp?), and Brian) and their significant others (Joe, Carla, Julio(?), and Ramon(sp?)).
  • Being constantly shouted at to listen by Roxanne and Fahren as they drunkenly tried to recreate a family tree by reciting names I've never heard of in a failed attempt to find out how exactly we were related - I'm pretty sure we're 3rd cousins.
  • EJ, Lindsey, and I "admiring" the patronage at The Slidebar and marveling at the bar's popularity.
By most accounts it was a better family reunion experience especially since we actually met "new family" this time around.

UPDATE III: I looked it up myself and found out that Joy and Brian are our 3rd cousins, once removed. In other words, our 3rd Great Uncle (Jose Mendez Fonacier) is their Great Grandfather.

Not exactly sure where the other cousins; Roxanne, Fahren, and Dean fit because I can't find them on the family tree on Geni, but if anyone does know or can find out, let us all know via comments.