2007 Thanksgiving Pics

Well, here it is!!! The entire crew...almost. My youngest cousin is missing but that's about it. Granny is sitting in the middle of the couch and everyone of these people are here because of her. In here are her 3 children sitting around her......my uncle Larry on the right, Mother on the left and then my aunt Maryann sitting on the arm rest on the left beside Mother......and all of each's families. In that group are 6 grandchildren and their spouses for a total of 11 grandkids (still waiting on Scott to get married!) and then all of our children for a total of 19 great grandchildren and then one on the way. All of the kids up on the shelf are mine and Jackie's...except for the one being held by my cousin on the left. That would be her oldest one she's holding onto.

My cousin, Kristi, was finally able to get high speed internet out in the neverland area she lives in too. So, this is my entire family. It is so amazing to me that everyone of these people are here because of the life that Granny and Grandpa created. Sometimes I wish so much that he were here to see it all. I wonder what he would think about this massive crew and know that we all exist as one big family because of his life here. He'd be incredibly proud, as Granny is.

Granny, or commonly known as Great Granny around here. She's still so pretty. Hopefully I will follow in both she and Mother's footsteps as I age. I've definitely got some good genes going for me when it comes to aging and beauty. You'd never guess she's in her 80's.

This is Jackie's, my sister's, family:

Curtis

Jackie due in April w/ #9

Madison (13) w/ Garrison

Curtis Wade (12)

Maggie (10)

Pearce (8) w/ Grant

Milly (7) w/ Evye and Aubrey

Mercy (5) w/ Evye

Charles (4)

Channing (2)

Here's my younger brother Scott...still waiting on the "right one" to come along:

Here's a few of some of our crew. Most of the time they were all spread out w/ Jackie's children as is evident by the pics!

Me w/ Aubrey and Grant

Garrison in all of his characteristic personality

Some of my uncle's family and my cousins:

My Uncle Larry (his wife Kaye was taking all of the pics but can be seen to the right of him in the group pic) and middle cousin Lindsey...she has the other set of twins in the family, one of them is in Larry's lap. She also has a little boy 20 months older than her twin girls.

Lindsey's twin girls w/ Madison

Lindsey and Aubrey discussing glasses

My oldest cousin Kristi w/ her 1st baby Christian Layne

Kristi's husband Paul

My Aunt Maryann and her husband Lou who have no children of their own...except a dog that died

So there we all are! How much fun it is to have such a big family. I cannot help but wonder what it will be like as we and our children all grow. We remain a very close family and always get together on Thanksgiving and Christmas as an entire crew and then meet up throughout the year for different events. What fun it is to have all grown up together and remain so close and be there for each other as we all enter the different stages of life and are now parents...at least most of us! I love my family and I love how close we have all stayed to each other. It makes for a very fun holiday season!