This was a Whittington Family Reunion.  We somehow managed to get 67 family members together, from 5 different states, and had a wonderful time.  People, young and old, mingled and talked and laughed.  This reunion took place in Benicia, California on July 25, 2015.

One day, I will list all those in attendance.

Wayne Leroy Whittington in 1991/1992

I contemplated cropping his photo out of this page my kiddos made for him, back in 1999, but it is mostly representatime of his heart for his family and Jesus, so I opted to leave it alone.  I believe he is holding his great grandson, Tyler Dean Gelineau, in this picture, around Christmas 1991, and his birthday cake on April 19, 1992.

This truly was a wonderful man!

Grandpa's Shed

Memory from Juliane Marie (daughter of Janiece Whittington, whose father was Wayne Leroy Whittington).

I remember spending time in Grandpa's shed. I'm dating this to around when I was about 10 years old, because that is approximately when I have the clearest of these memories....though this took place for years).

He had a workbench set up and allowed the grandkids (I remember my siblings and sometimes cousins doing this together) to spend time in there, with random wood pieces, hammers, and nails, and letting us create whatever we wanted to, with this scrap wood.  I can remember the path from the back door of their house  (grandpa Wayne Leroy Whittington and Beulah Ann Whittington (Lane), and the beautiful pasture you could see behind their house, that was home to some horses.  I can still hear the sounds of our hammers going and the creations we came up with.  He always seemed so proud of our masterpieces.

Grandpa tried to be as involved a grandpa, as he could be more. It was always evident to me how much he loved his family.