Monday, June 13, 2016

An Invasion of My Corner of the Ozarks

Over the Memorial Day weekend there was an invasion by the Nuttle family in the Ozarks.  Twenty-some descendants of Edith Flossie Giddings Nuttle Everhart gathered at Mountain View.


It was not easy to organize this clan for a picture.

On Friday before the family arrived, our backyard was a lake.
 But true to the nature of the Ozarks, the water drained away through the sinkhole in the backyard and we played volleyball on the "dry lake bed" on Saturday.
 Graves of family members buried at Mountain View were visited:  Jack & Maxine Jackson and Corliss & Marj Depee.


Can you discover who is giving directions?


This group traveled all the way from Ohio.


This group traveled all the way from Kansas.









The history of this family includes homesteading in western Kansas by John Alonzo Giddings in 1886.  He was Linda's (my wife) great-grandfather.  Three of his grandchildren moved to Mountain View in the 1950's.  I'm glad they did, because that is why I met Linda in the fifth grade.  (And married her while in college.)

2 comments:

Tammy said...

Did you notice that it's Linda that's out of position in most of these pictures. Had a great time. Thanks glad we came.
Love ya. Tam

Larry said...

We were glad for the invasion.