GREEN THUMB......MAYBE NOT

This is the Smith family garden. It is Brenda's year because Brenda and Don fight if they work on it together. However, Don has spent some time secretly weeding. It has been fun to eat beets, carrots, cukes, beans and squash from it. Brenda did not share the peas. We are looking forward to tomatoes.

The Hupp Family Reunion

Tremonton Park, July 11, 2007

Reida and Herman

What a legacy

Rudy, Ella and Anna

Rudy and Ella left Germany with their mother after her husband died. She left her entire family after losing her husband and Rudy's twin brother, Richard (who died in infancy) to go to America. She had joined the Mormon Church and was encourged by the missionaries to take her family to Utah. How courageous. After settling in Utah, she met Herman Hupp who she married. They had a daughter, Anna.

Brenda and Don are there for Ella

Brenda and Don represented Ella at the reunion and stood and told things about her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ella was the oldest of the three children: Ella, Rudy (who was a twin) and Anna.

Margaret introduces Rudy's children

Margaret, holding her grandchild in the center of the picture, organized the reunion. She did a wonderful job. She actually delivered the little girl she is holding.

Richard Hupp and family

Richard shared many growing up stories at the reunion. He sheepishly told how he had started a major fire in the farming area and certainly regretted it. He shared a story about grandma Done. Grandma Done was a few years older than he was and when he visited the family, then living in Providence, she would take him around to visit her friends with her. It made him feel cool and he thought she was sooooooo beautiful.

Parker Hupp and family

Parker and his family live in Vernal. Parker's name came from the same source as many of your children's middle names. His mother Meada was the daughter of Don's grandfather's brother (figure that one out).

Ruth Ann and her family

Ruth Ann and her family live in St. Louis. They were visiting so that is the major reason this reunion was held.

Thayne Hupp and family

Thayne and his family still run the farm in Hansel Valley, thereby preserving our family legacy. As a young girl I remember visiting the farm and Thayne gave me a ride behind him on one of the horses. I was a city girl so I was scared to death. I just held on for dear life. When we left, my hands where I had gripped the saddle were totally blistered and I had a little trouble walking.

Anna's Family-four children and families

Anna's children were all in attendance. Paul was late so there are no pictures of him in the introductions. A memory I have of him is that when I was in about 5th grade, living in Salt Lake, he came to live with us for awhile. He was having vision problems and needed to be seen by a specialist. My mother made him feel welcome and he stayed with us while he was going through this ordeal. I remember that he ate his meals on our out-extended breadboard. Mom was so kind.

Lewis Abrams

This is Lewis and the members of his family who were able to attend the reunion at Tremonton Park. Lewis worked on the farm in Hansel Valley with his uncle Rudy and uncle Jay (Brenda's grandfather) and grandfather Hupp when he was a teenager.

Jean and her family

Jean and her husband, Bill, live in Pocatello, Idaho. She is my e-mail cousin and her three children advise me on computer things. Sometimes Jean writes things for me. She has also had some of her stories published. I especially like her story about Grandma Rinderknecht and her sister, Anna. The little girl third from the left is named Ella after Grandma Rinderknecht. It would be great to have an Ella in our family (maybe middle name).

Cousin Kaye and attending family

Kaye's family lives in Tooele. She took care of great-aunt Anna before she died. She was a constant tease to me when I was little. She made me push her on her bicycle up the hill and laughed all the while. I have forgiven her.