Part of the purpose of this trip to Wisconsin was to go the Peterson Family reunion. It only happens every other year, so this is the first time you could attend. The last one was in 2008. The first night we gathered at North Coon Prairie Church for dinner. It happens to be where the Peterson Family first settled and where great-Grandpa Jothen is buried. He died in March 2001, 8 years before you were born. During our 2009 trip to Wisconsin we did not visit the Jothen family church to introduce you to great-Grandpa so we took a few moments after dinner to go for a visit:
The next day, church services and lunch were held at the American-Norwegian Wisconsin mecca of Norskedalen. It was quite fun to get to know and interact with distant family members. We heard the story of how great-Grandpa's grandmother's parents came over from Norway and settled in Wisconsin. We listened to the hardships they endured and families they built. You come from a long line of hardy Norwegians. Plus you received the prize for being the youngest reunion member! All 15 months of you! You even made friends with some of the other girls. How you had fun exploring the village and learning about your heritage!
I am glad that you and Daddy were able to participate in the reunion as 7th and 8th generations of the Peterson clan (it use to be Pederson). What other place can you celebrate your Norwegian heritage as well as in Wisconsin?!?! (Norway doesn't count!)
I sure do love my two Wisconsin Norwegians :)
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