my little family

my babies

i started off with just tom...and then we grew and added kelly, willie, russell and kerry....and through the years we've grown some more....well, it's happening again!  in 2 weeks we will be adding austin to our family!  what a fun day that will be...my youngest child is getting married...it's a bittersweet moment...i'm so happy that she found austin...but, it's sad to know that she's leaving me...but, i am so very, very happy for her!  she just sparkles these days...she is so happy!  so, from 2 to 10...and then some, because i have 6 wonderful grandchildren....and more to come, i hope!! so, i guess that's the gift i get for giving my children away....i get the grandchildren..that's a pretty good pay off....it's just funny, when i think about it...i lived in a fantasyland when i got married...i never thought my children would grow up and leave...so, it was a shock when they did....now the issue is staying close with my kids...it gets harder as they leave school and start working...as they have children...as they get established in their lives...everyone has responsibilities...playtime is over...it gets harder and harder to be together...so, i'm thrilled when we have a reason to be together for a few days...it's fun to reconnect as a family...i hope we can always be close as they were when they were young!!!

 i hope that my kids want to be together...instead of our small little family...one big happy one!

the family at russ and kristen's wedding, last summer

2 weeks that flew by!

the last two weeks have gone by sooooo fast...where to begin? two weeks ago was the wedding week...kerry was home on monday for ashley's wedding...everyday more people arrived..we ended up with around 15 staying with us....it was fun..the girls had a sleepover wednesday...then, thursday we had a fun get together with all the out of towners...friday was the wedding...beautiful bride, handsome groom...all you could ask for...the reception was alot of fun...on sunday, we flew up to slc for thanksgiving week...landed in a snowstorm...monday was gorgeous with snow and blue, blue skies...we had a fun pizza party where jas and whit made us homemade pizza...delicious....had a fantastic thanksgiving at polly's house with her family...had tom and julie for dessert with their kids...the kids have snowboarded...we shopped...we ate...we've had a fantastic time....kelly and i took the kids to see the lights on temple square...they are always so beautiful..a great 2 weeks!!

what a wedding!

we had a great weekend away..it was ty and melanie's wedding..a fun time to be with the despain's...the wedding day turned out beautiful, after days of 'june gloom', the sun decided to shine on their day...the wedding was really fun...every detail was perfect...they looked really happy...fun to be there and to see everyone

whit and jason

blushing bride

sistas

mother of the bride

kel and willie with cousin bud

ker and whit

cousins

sisters

big bro/lil sis

beautiful cousins

great friends

sweeties

family
happy couple

i've been away...it's been wonderful...we celebrated whit and jason and their big wedding day...what a fun time it was..couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day....here are a great pics of that special day....