August 3, 2011
ma familia
One of the bright spots of the trip to BC for my Opa’s memorial service was having my whole family together. The original six.
We took a bunch of family photos before heading up to the cemetery and it was a lot of fun. It feels weird to type the word “fun” in the same sentence as the word “cemetery”, but fun it was and I guess it was good to have some joy before heading out to do something that brought us all to tears and shaking grief.
me, Nick, Brandon, Erica
The last time all us siblings were together was two whole years ago at Brandon and Roxanne’s wedding. I miss them. Have I mentioned before that I am the oldest and the shortest?
(I had to crop the above photo because of my ginormous post-baby belly that has been sticking around and did I mention that the lady who rear-ended me yesterday outside Wal*mart thought I was pregnant? THAT WAS FUN.)
We took a couple photos with Kaylie, Preston, and Roxanne in them, but since we were still missing six people, I wasn’t too into those ones. I have this slight OCD or Type A or whatever thing about incomplete things.
Next summer? We all invade Nick and Teresa’s place in Summerland for a big shindig, yes?











Sure! Sounds fun!!
And, AWESOME family pics! I am so glad you guys got those. Do you mind emailing me the copies? I’d love them for the family scrapbook.
I totally get the feeling weird about being happy to see so many people thing. I’m pretty sure your Opa would be GLAD you were all together, happy to see each other, though. He sounds like he was a very proud family man, and he should be so honoured that so many of you were able to celebrate his life.
Cute family lady :)