If you aren't up for camping, there are hotels in Forest Grove (about 10 miles away).
Thanks to David Smith for getting us a list of hotels. (Each have their own websites also.) Here they are:
McMenamins Grand Lodge
3505 Pacific Ave.
Forest Grove, OR
503-992-9533
Best Western University Inn & Suites
3933 Pacific Ave.
Forest Grove, OR
503-992-8888
Forest Grove Inn
4433 Pacific Ave.
Forest Grove, OR
503-357-9700 or 800-240-6504
Budget Inn
1925 C St.
Forest Grove, OR
503-359-5766
Americas Best Value Inn & Suites
3306 Pacific Ave.
Forest Grove, OR
503-357-9000
Thursday, May 30, 2013
2013 Thorud Family Reunion (It's the 50th!)
Hi to everyone!
This year is the 50th reunion for the Thorud family! That's a pretty good record!
It will be held at the same place, in Cherry Grove, Oregon, as it has been in the past several years.
It sounds like we are going to have a great turnout! There are just a few we have not heard from. So check with all of your relations to make sure they are aware that this is the year to attend.
July 19, 20 and 21 are the dates you want to save! If you can only make one day, try to make it Saturday, the 20th, as that is the main day.
There is plenty of room for camping. Lots of room for outdoor games (a big field). Swimming, or just playing in the Tualatin River. (Although it is more like a creek here.)
We are hoping to have everyone bring old pictures of either the older relatives or pictures of any of the picnics (especially the earlier picnics!). Even if it is just a picture or two, that will be great. It is amazing how many people don't have pictures of their parents, grandparents, etc. So come and share!
The same goes for family recipes. I have been working on a Thorud Family Cookbook. (I know...I've been hounding a lot of you for recipes for a few years now!) I wanted to have it done by this years picnic, being the 50th and all, but I wanted recipes from all branches of the family and not just a few. I have Grandma Aletha's box of recipes, but I would like recipes from all of the brothers and sisters families. It would be wonderful if we could get recipes which have been handed down through the generations, but as long as they are favorites of your immediate family, they will be very welcome. So hopefully I will get enough recipes to make it a well rounded cookbook which represents all of us. Either way, I WILL put it together for next year and if your side of the family is not included....well, all I can say is that I tried.
We are planning on lots of Viking-type games! (That sounds rather dangerous and also misleading.) So unless the tug of war gets violent, maybe I should say Norski-type games!
So come visit, eat, sit around the campfire, eat, play games, eat and renew family connections!
Love to all,
Pat
This year is the 50th reunion for the Thorud family! That's a pretty good record!
It will be held at the same place, in Cherry Grove, Oregon, as it has been in the past several years.
It sounds like we are going to have a great turnout! There are just a few we have not heard from. So check with all of your relations to make sure they are aware that this is the year to attend.
July 19, 20 and 21 are the dates you want to save! If you can only make one day, try to make it Saturday, the 20th, as that is the main day.
There is plenty of room for camping. Lots of room for outdoor games (a big field). Swimming, or just playing in the Tualatin River. (Although it is more like a creek here.)
We are hoping to have everyone bring old pictures of either the older relatives or pictures of any of the picnics (especially the earlier picnics!). Even if it is just a picture or two, that will be great. It is amazing how many people don't have pictures of their parents, grandparents, etc. So come and share!
The same goes for family recipes. I have been working on a Thorud Family Cookbook. (I know...I've been hounding a lot of you for recipes for a few years now!) I wanted to have it done by this years picnic, being the 50th and all, but I wanted recipes from all branches of the family and not just a few. I have Grandma Aletha's box of recipes, but I would like recipes from all of the brothers and sisters families. It would be wonderful if we could get recipes which have been handed down through the generations, but as long as they are favorites of your immediate family, they will be very welcome. So hopefully I will get enough recipes to make it a well rounded cookbook which represents all of us. Either way, I WILL put it together for next year and if your side of the family is not included....well, all I can say is that I tried.
We are planning on lots of Viking-type games! (That sounds rather dangerous and also misleading.) So unless the tug of war gets violent, maybe I should say Norski-type games!
So come visit, eat, sit around the campfire, eat, play games, eat and renew family connections!
Love to all,
Pat
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Thorud Winter Party 2010
Sunday, January 17th is our Thorud Winter Party. This is a get together that was started years ago by Monroe for the brothers and sisters and their families to get together around Christmas. When the family got too big, it was held at the local grange. It was always a potluck, but Inez would make lefse and they would make lutefisk at the grange. When Monroe passed away, his kids still hosted the party, but then they moved away from the grange and it was hard to find a place to hold the party. So for a couple of years we didn't have the lutefisk party. Donna and I tried to find a venue for our get together, but with one thing and another, nothing was suitable. Steve and I then offered the use of our home for the party. (It is everyone's party, we just supply the building.) Since lutefisk smells so bad when it is cooking and not a lot of Thoruds care for it anyway, we then called it the Thorud Winter Party and we don't make lutefisk. I know, tough break! We also changed the date to the third Sunday in January. First, because everyone is really busy before Christmas and it was hard to get everyone together. Second, because it would be easy to remember as the Thorud Reunion is the third Sunday weekend in July. Well, that's about it for anyone who didn't know about our Winter Party. No snow or freezing rain expected, so everyone should be able to make it up the hill! (Yes, we live on a hill.) Hopefully we will have a large turnout as, for some, it is the only time we will see them. See you then!
Uff da!!!
Pat Sturges
Uff da!!!
Pat Sturges
Sunday, October 11, 2009
We will miss you, Marie....
Ruby Marie Thorud passed away Thursday, October 8, 2009.We love you and will miss you sorely, Marie.
You will live on in our fond and loving memories of you.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Gene and Sandy Goodman with Marion Glenna
This is Marion with her youngest daughter Sandy and her husband Gene Goodman. We had a nice chat that day with the river nearby and a bike path that had been the railroad tracks. The bike path goes to three other cities and is VERY popular there. Beautiful with the trees turning colorful reds and yellows, but still holding the greens.Marion and Richard Glenna's children and spouses
Ken O'Kada, Gene Goodman and Toby (Tobin) GlennaSusy (Susanne) O'Kada, Sandra Goodman, Bonnie Glenna, Marion and Richard Glenna
Mike (Michael) and Sara Onsager, Sherida and Tom Newgard
(In order by age: Susy, Sara, Toby, Sherida, Sandy)
Marion Glenna
This is our cousin, by marriage, Marion Glenna. She was married to Richard Glenna who passed away about four years ago. Richard was Mary Thorud's son. Mary was Grandpa John Oliver's sister. I, Pat Sturges, had a very nice visit with her in Lanesboro, Minnesota last week. She is doing great at 85 years old! She does lots of quilting and donates them all to charities. Her children and their families are all doing great, too. She has something like 29 or more grandchildren and some greatgrandchildren also. I had a fun day with her and her youngest daughter and husband, who were camping in town for the weekend.
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