Christmas = Family

Playing Disney Uno!

Jesus got a turtles birthday cake.

Random Family Pictures

We were fortunate to be able to have three of our adult children together for Thanksgiving, as well as our three youngest. We were missing two. And of course the child we are hoping to adopt is months away from coming home (if the state is even willing to work with us). Here are some of the more candid photos.

Thanksgiving Turkey? Or just Adam photo bombing?

The real turkey. There were actually two--one roasted and one fried. This is the fried one. It was amazing.

Adam, Tara, Kayla, Jasmine, Kaleb

Kaleb, Kayla, Jasmine

I used different filters on this. Not sure which I like best. What about you?

Holidays are exhausting.

River is happy to announce that her little sister, Winter Robin, is due April 11. They will be about 16 mos apart.

Four Generations

I never thought I'd be part of a four generation picture.

My mom was born with a kidney disease that was so rare at the time that it didn't have a name. She was told she might not live far into her adult years. 

It's now called Medullary Sponge Kidney. She also has Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) (which she passed to me along with IC).

In her adult years, her doctor told her she wouldn't live past 70. He's passed away, and she turned 84 in January. 

She had me at age 30. I am the youngest, but the only one with children. I had Tyler at 28 and Jessica at 29. Jessica had River at 24. So no young grandmothers in our family.

All that to say, none of us thought my mom would live to see great grandchildren. While we don't have any award winning photos, we do have some typical ones.

And take two:

And I have some of my mom with River:

And Rick's parents with River:

I want to get a couple of 8x10s for wall. Which ones?