We Are Family.....

We had one of our many family reunions back in August. (If you ask all the "in-laws"- Steve, Shannon, and Jenn- they laugh at all the family reunions we have in a year!) I've grown up going to all the family reunions and events, so it was "normal" to me... and I love it! I wish we were able to go to them all, but unfortunately, we aren't able to do that. So, we get to go to 1 or 2 a year and that's it. (boooo)

Anyhoo... this reunion was very special because my Mawmaw (my mom's mom who had a stroke back in March) and Pawpaw were able to make the road trip and attend!!!! If you would've asked us back in March if we thought she'd be there, we would've said NO WAY! God is so good and has performed miracles on Mawmaw and she is doing great! She's still not back to "normal"... but she's good enough to know what's going on and to enjoy time with her family!

We left Friday after work and drove to Abilene. We got to see some BEAUTIFUL clouds on our way in because of the storm that was brewing...



As soon as we drove into Abilene it was NASTY/SCARY weather! It was raining so hard we couldn't see 10 feet in front of the car! The wind was blowing the rain, it was WINDY, lightning/thunder! I was scared and so was Steve at that point because he was the driver! There were tornado warnings and watches all around us... so that was NOT FUN!!! Poor Briley buried herself in the floorboard she was so scared.


Moving on... Saturday morning we met at my cousin's, Milo (and his wife Carolyn with their 7 kids), house for breakfast and fellowship. Here's a pic of the 4 older kids- Haley, Milo Allen, John Thomas, and Brayden... all of which have grown to be BEAUTIFUL and HANDSOME... and TALLLLLLL!!!!


Then, we all (the ENTIRE family... distant cousins, cousins, cousins, aunts/uncles, cousins, grand parents, cousins, etc) meet together for... food, games, fellowship, looking at pics, laughing, crying, talking, b-ball playing,


kids playin', eatin',

(this is Steve and I with my Mawmaw)

(Mawmaw w/ her 2 son-in-laws- my dad and my Uncle Dickey (Pam's hubby), and then one of her sons, my Uncle Steve)

singing, picture taking,
(Mawmaw w/ my Aunt Debby (Uncle Steve's wife), my mom, my Aunt Pam (my mom's sister), and my Aunt Perla (my Uncle Mark's wife))

(3 Generations... mom, Mawmaw, and me)

(Mawmaw w/ 2 of her daughters, mom and Pam)

(Mawmaw and Pawpaw)

(Morgan and Mallory)

good ol' time!

I love my family and I love my family reunions!!!!! (ALL of them!!!)

***See below for an updated post and stay tuned for more because I still have lots of catching up to do!***