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What this family means to us in 1000 words:
Appreciating (and sometimes laughing at) our differencesBobby casseroles, Pop's vegetable soup and Christmas biscuits and gravy...or special breakfast sandwiches for those who refuse to eat biscuits and gravy (I love you Lynda!)Love and support no matter what decisions we make, good or badSmiles from babies, and babies and more babies (CUTE babies!)Painting each other's walls, sweeping each other's floors and moving each other from home to home (no matter how many states we may move away)Playing spoons until somebody bleedsSeeing the color orange and always thinking of Cody (and Paigee!!)Cramming 30 people into a tiny room to watch AFVAlways knowing you are in somebody's FP at nightBorrowing books, maternity clothes, furniture and toolsWatching Bobby, Cody and Tad torture your children, knowing how much these men love those babiesHard-working men; strong, loving women and fantastic, care-free childrenWearing goggles while cutting onionsDressed up princesses and dirty little soccer starsChecking blogs until your eyes hurt and waterRed box performances and announcements, from silly to seriousTrust..in each other..in our family
cell phones-all in the same network, siblings that are friends, and friends that are like siblings, five children having five sons in 16 months, phone calls about first tooths, daughter-in-laws that love our sons and sons-in-law that love our daughters, lots of well-behaved, well-trained, fun children, an exceedingly glad nan! (nan)
red vans, Greybulls, Grayson, shark dances, stand up for your month 12 days of Christmas, nieces, nephews, Kaidee and Chloe jumping into the freezing pool for a dollar, golfing with Pops, Nan's egg rolls, Amelia's chicken tacos, Coles hand-me-downs, nativity bench, heavenly Hinckley thanksgivings, Nan's height door, Syd, Chloe, and Kaidee crushes on same guy at same time, Tiffany's spicy chicken, Letti's baby whisperings, Pops famous breakfasts, Pops staying the whole time at the hospital waiting for the baby, Dee's steaks, supporting me on a mission, patience while I found Celeste, and most of all for a family that likes each other, and Syd's six month from now fiancé (cody)
Moms "on my way home from work" phone calls, Dads random (that's for you, Paige) phone calls about a new movie he's seen or about the yummy dinner he's making, and knowing he is really calling just to check on you. Family game nights. Waiting and waiting and waiting =) in anticipation for the next family visit whether it's in Texas or California. Loving nieces and nephews enough to wipe noses and change diapers of kids that aren't your own, sharing new recipes and recipe blogs, sharing special recipes - lovin' Grandma Mary's Sopa! Brothers-in-law calling for gift ideas for wives. Posting funny home videos and pictures on blogs. Somebody calling to check on me at least once every day since Craig has been gone. (We're still surviving) *his address is 1246 Sherman St. #3 Hot Springs, SD 57747. Husbands that will do anything to protect and take care of their families. Good examples in my life from each and every person in our family. Feeling the love!!! Can't wait to be together at Thanksgiving! (Lynda)
hikes at the cabin, going to the beach, making s'mores, spending the night, playing games, reading Scriptures together, wearing goofy glasses with the rowdy bowlers (zoey)
having a family bbq the day I came home from the hospital with my babies, DI trips, helping family move and move again, blogs to keep in touch, Chase loving to eat whatever Amelia likes, Tad's grumpiness, mustaches, Bobby tying the kids together and laughing till it hurts, Graysons deep voice, Kodi crying when she leaves church, all the calls and concerns when Cole was in the hospital, Zoe's blondness, looking for the pieces to the chopper at Iya's house, chicken tacos,Tad's homemade taquitos, Angel games and tailgating, lynda's muddy buddies, sisters in the delivery room, game nights, last minute family dinners, Disneyland, cell phones, Sonic, Babe's, great sister in laws, cutest nieces and nephews in the world, Tiffany letting me take her newborn to get pictures, living close, bringing kids to baseball games with no jackets, careface, girl, carrott, clope, earthquakes, pictionary with Lynda, Iya, and Tiffany, Lakers (letti)
Pazookies, having embarrasing stories told over and over, laughing, wooden spoons, laughing, special child, new year's eve in a motel room, swinging and singing on Tad and Iya's swing in nan's yard (thanks again, love it), mouse traps, the whole family working together to make one special dress for one special girl, waiting up for teenagers, missing teenagers, looking forward to teenagers, choo choo trains, wii, laughing more, letters, halloween at Letti's, RED, rainbow sandals, princesses, hearts, fiftieth birthday calendar, foster plants and granddogs, Carys' "Grayson can walk now," conversations with Paigee, Zoey with a y, a rowdy after seventeen years, safety and protection... even when going over a cliff, hair cuts, Bowler beige paint, Rob's button box (nan)
new years in apple valley (a little early), baths with pops, big or little, spring break with deb and marv, pops spider, the moon, cody telling family about my wedding, moms white hair at tads wedding, nans toilet paper holder, cody marrying somebody as goofy as him, going with mom to barstow and being back before school started, big wheels, boys against girls when mom and dad would go out, DAD IN THE BISHOPRIC?, camp leader, pops breakfasts, carmacks Christmas cd's, tad thinking he was going to die, (so now amelia is part of the family), #3, darian begging letti to go golfing (bob)
Getting sucked into the t.v room, "Quiet" Laker games with Nan. "I love you and like you too", Up do's & make-up with Sissy, Pasta Italia trips, Phone calls about pasta italia trips, "Big or little", Grandma Bowlers Chocolate and Peanut butter cookies!, Grandpa Doc's hats, secrets that always get out (except for the Rowdy's), Miguel's bean rice and cheese, Bonnelos with Sissy, beach trips just for T.K's, Being a grown-up who has watched High School Musical more than once, Byrd girls prayers (they never leave anyone out), Cramming into the kitchen to assemble egg rolls (tiff)
cell phones-all in the same network, siblings that are friends, and friends that are like siblings, five children having five sons in 16 months, phone calls about first tooths, daughter-in-laws that love our sons and sons-in-law that love our daughters, lots of well-behaved, well-trained, fun children, an exceedingly glad nan! (nan)
red vans, Greybulls, Grayson, shark dances, stand up for your month 12 days of Christmas, nieces, nephews, Kaidee and Chloe jumping into the freezing pool for a dollar, golfing with Pops, Nan's egg rolls, Amelia's chicken tacos, Coles hand-me-downs, nativity bench, heavenly Hinckley thanksgivings, Nan's height door, Syd, Chloe, and Kaidee crushes on same guy at same time, Tiffany's spicy chicken, Letti's baby whisperings, Pops famous breakfasts, Pops staying the whole time at the hospital waiting for the baby, Dee's steaks, supporting me on a mission, patience while I found Celeste, and most of all for a family that likes each other, and Syd's six month from now fiancé (cody)
Moms "on my way home from work" phone calls, Dads random (that's for you, Paige) phone calls about a new movie he's seen or about the yummy dinner he's making, and knowing he is really calling just to check on you. Family game nights. Waiting and waiting and waiting =) in anticipation for the next family visit whether it's in Texas or California. Loving nieces and nephews enough to wipe noses and change diapers of kids that aren't your own, sharing new recipes and recipe blogs, sharing special recipes - lovin' Grandma Mary's Sopa! Brothers-in-law calling for gift ideas for wives. Posting funny home videos and pictures on blogs. Somebody calling to check on me at least once every day since Craig has been gone. (We're still surviving) *his address is 1246 Sherman St. #3 Hot Springs, SD 57747. Husbands that will do anything to protect and take care of their families. Good examples in my life from each and every person in our family. Feeling the love!!! Can't wait to be together at Thanksgiving! (Lynda)
hikes at the cabin, going to the beach, making s'mores, spending the night, playing games, reading Scriptures together, wearing goofy glasses with the rowdy bowlers (zoey)
having a family bbq the day I came home from the hospital with my babies, DI trips, helping family move and move again, blogs to keep in touch, Chase loving to eat whatever Amelia likes, Tad's grumpiness, mustaches, Bobby tying the kids together and laughing till it hurts, Graysons deep voice, Kodi crying when she leaves church, all the calls and concerns when Cole was in the hospital, Zoe's blondness, looking for the pieces to the chopper at Iya's house, chicken tacos,Tad's homemade taquitos, Angel games and tailgating, lynda's muddy buddies, sisters in the delivery room, game nights, last minute family dinners, Disneyland, cell phones, Sonic, Babe's, great sister in laws, cutest nieces and nephews in the world, Tiffany letting me take her newborn to get pictures, living close, bringing kids to baseball games with no jackets, careface, girl, carrott, clope, earthquakes, pictionary with Lynda, Iya, and Tiffany, Lakers (letti)
Pazookies, having embarrasing stories told over and over, laughing, wooden spoons, laughing, special child, new year's eve in a motel room, swinging and singing on Tad and Iya's swing in nan's yard (thanks again, love it), mouse traps, the whole family working together to make one special dress for one special girl, waiting up for teenagers, missing teenagers, looking forward to teenagers, choo choo trains, wii, laughing more, letters, halloween at Letti's, RED, rainbow sandals, princesses, hearts, fiftieth birthday calendar, foster plants and granddogs, Carys' "Grayson can walk now," conversations with Paigee, Zoey with a y, a rowdy after seventeen years, safety and protection... even when going over a cliff, hair cuts, Bowler beige paint, Rob's button box (nan)
new years in apple valley (a little early), baths with pops, big or little, spring break with deb and marv, pops spider, the moon, cody telling family about my wedding, moms white hair at tads wedding, nans toilet paper holder, cody marrying somebody as goofy as him, going with mom to barstow and being back before school started, big wheels, boys against girls when mom and dad would go out, DAD IN THE BISHOPRIC?, camp leader, pops breakfasts, carmacks Christmas cd's, tad thinking he was going to die, (so now amelia is part of the family), #3, darian begging letti to go golfing (bob)
Getting sucked into the t.v room, "Quiet" Laker games with Nan. "I love you and like you too", Up do's & make-up with Sissy, Pasta Italia trips, Phone calls about pasta italia trips, "Big or little", Grandma Bowlers Chocolate and Peanut butter cookies!, Grandpa Doc's hats, secrets that always get out (except for the Rowdy's), Miguel's bean rice and cheese, Bonnelos with Sissy, beach trips just for T.K's, Being a grown-up who has watched High School Musical more than once, Byrd girls prayers (they never leave anyone out), Cramming into the kitchen to assemble egg rolls (tiff)
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