My father passed in July 2021 and the extended family decided to gather for a celebration of his life in April 2022. While most of my siblings and their children live in the LA area, where I grew up, 2 of my 3 adult children live in the SF Bay area, 1 lives near Kansas City, Missouri with her family, and my husband and I live in western Montana. Making arrangements for everyone to get the time off and fly and/or drive to Pasadena was challenging. We wanted to be together over the weekend and I feel so fortunate to have found the perfect place: close to my brother's house where the extended family would gather during the celebration, large enough to easily accommodate our 7 adults and 2 children, and managed by someone truly interested in ensuring that we were comfortable and had all our questions and concerns satisfied. It was a lovely place to be together again, both as part of my extended family as well as our own family, who we never get to be with as often as we would like. We will all take away fond memories of this trip!