Family

I just have to write about how happy I am that I have such a large and connected family. I know my immediate family is not that large, having just one brother. But I have what seems to be an ever-growing extended family of aunts, uncles, grandmas, cousins, second cousins, first cousins-once-removed... And that's just MY family! I love the part of being married that includes HIS family too! Through marriage I now have four sisters, another brother, a father and step-mom and I'm an aunt EIGHTEEN times over! Some of this family I have yet to meet and I am so looking forward to when that time comes.

This week I met three of my father's cousins from Nebraska. Such sweet ladies. They saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time last Sunday and they've been having so much fun and can't believe they're actually in California =).

This week we're also hosting our first overnight guests in our 2-bedroom apartment. Cameron's sister Sunny from San Antonio, TX, and her two kids, Renee and Solomon (who were in our wedding), are staying with us until Monday. I'm having a great time reconnecting. I appreciate any time I get to spend with his family since we don't see them very often.

Thank you , Father, for the many blessings of family you have placed in my life. May Cameron and I be blessed to continue the legacy with a family of our own some day!