A Glimpse at some of Brian's Family

We had occasion to attend a wedding reception for Brian’s niece near the end of July and got some nice pictures of much of Brian’s family.

Gini and Ted Purnell (Brian’s sister and brother-in-law) were the parents of the bride, Heather.  I got a nice picture of Gini and Mary, Brian's mother, who at 95 still lives on her own and is fiercely independent.

Ted Purnell always does the unexpected, and he appeared in fine style.

Heather and Brent Anderson were the feature couple.  Heather got her master’s degree in social work out at the University of Alberta, and is moving to Guelph to work.

Ashley, Heather’s sister, was present with her husband, Matt, who is in residency while he finishes training to become a GP.  Ashley has two doctorates (!).  Their two children are ferociously intelligent, as might be expected.

Brian’s brother, Dave, flew in from Regina along with one of his two daughters, Brigid. (The older daughter, Bronwen,  is also extremely attractive.)

Only Brian’s sister, Barb and her family, were missing, but we do get to see them at other times.  With such a far-flung family, (and now three great-grandchildren for Mary), it is much more challenging to see everyone together, which made this such a treat to see as many as we could.

As you can gather from the background of the pictures, the event was held outside.  Ted and Gini had organized everything wonderfully, and the bride had chosen hamburgers and hot dogs as the main menu.  The one thing we were most impressed with was their cooler.

Everyone had a lot of fun.