tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210997162024-03-07T03:03:35.198-06:00Let me be Blunt.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-84239527485708822342011-10-30T12:04:00.000-05:002011-10-30T12:03:54.145-05:00Very Happy flower girlsReally?? who is having more fun? The girls or the bride and groom?<br />
Shannon and Arya and their flower girls......<br />
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shannon and arya on their wedding day in our backyard, where they had their reception........<br />
A busy year with two of three children getting married......<br />
all is good and life is still busy!!!<br />
Happy Halloween to everyone!<br />
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The little flower girls get to do it all again for Shannon's wedding in July! Plus one more flower girl!!!<br />
Brenda-cousin, Shannon-sister,Jackie-cousin, --Rainey-BRIDE & Gregory GROOM -- Eric-brother, Dennin-cousin, Mikey-cousin.<br />
Clara-cousin, Mina-cousin......the cousins come in all age groups!!!<br />
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although Gregory got married in China 6/2010....He wanted (with a bit of suggestion from his mother!) to have a Catholic wedding as well.....March 26, 2011 saw two cultures and two families united in a religious ceremony......it was a lovely event......<br />
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I am 18 months younger than my older sister and 18 months older than my younger sister...think about that for a minute and it makes sense...really.... Here is my younger sister at my older sister's oldest son's wedding in New Mexico.<br />
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This is the bride's family...on her dad's side. We had a wonderful dinner with them--even thought they don't speak English and we don't speak Chinese.....The bride and groom speak both and were exhausted at the end of this event from doing much translating!<br />
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Shannon with her grandmother's at her engagement party.<br />
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His older brother has that title as well as one of his nephews. This is for you Ed so you can show everyone the truth of the height thingy!<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-11434883479272061812010-02-14T18:54:00.003-06:002010-02-14T19:02:51.385-06:00Welcome to the Family!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nLrE0FfvoGBlfilmhevrguinvoGNcJIpHiXU834mjJMS2XHK28lhR9lGMrMz5x7BM7vmrUW3WDgBSE4Bk2qFiP2brF2Sx-v07Ftxntd5dA8f3TjCq336CSJBqYuI-Qo24hzG/s1600-h/greg+and+Rainey.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nLrE0FfvoGBlfilmhevrguinvoGNcJIpHiXU834mjJMS2XHK28lhR9lGMrMz5x7BM7vmrUW3WDgBSE4Bk2qFiP2brF2Sx-v07Ftxntd5dA8f3TjCq336CSJBqYuI-Qo24hzG/s400/greg+and+Rainey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438268600006073954" /></a><br />It is a very busy year for us! Greg has chosen Rainey to be his wife....wedding to be in October 2010 we hope! (Depends on how the visa works out.) We are so happy to have her in our family....I feel sure she will be overwhelmed by the amount of family Gregory has! but she sure will be loved by a lot of people!<br />This is their "marriage photo" for the "marriage license" they had to pick up in Beijing. I am not sure what all that means other than they will be getting married!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-49094918700011838352010-01-10T22:37:00.001-06:002010-01-10T22:38:15.908-06:00Happy photo!<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn60gq-dc9UV2LTvhDWh2QWUCBHequ8FC_FmOtYHbUU43CGfZspFxGsCIOsCOPAcC6Y2fuO74MZD37CBN28J8kCZ2mPOyJ7xF4x0PVZ_iusrT3eyYwI81USySkaPDQ80Fe2NQ/s1600-h/IMG_5080.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn60gq-dc9UV2LTvhDWh2QWUCBHequ8FC_FmOtYHbUU43CGfZspFxGsCIOsCOPAcC6Y2fuO74MZD37CBN28J8kCZ2mPOyJ7xF4x0PVZ_iusrT3eyYwI81USySkaPDQ80Fe2NQ/s400/IMG_5080.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />Shannon has found her soulmate.....meet Arya.....and, yes, we like him very very much.<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-84945629841317118202010-01-08T23:36:00.001-06:002010-01-08T23:38:12.793-06:00siblings...some of them<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ31a5XJIU7-E9sh84-HniR0vPBBvDaLI3EnutZmab0eenQCg0zXG10hI1mWQ3bM7HOBs7hdbVysWkhfMv-fB5Ae-uldNPmygvVKEtuH8dSYbhy_dReJck30EiHDmDzbjoAIk/s1600-h/IMG_5071.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ31a5XJIU7-E9sh84-HniR0vPBBvDaLI3EnutZmab0eenQCg0zXG10hI1mWQ3bM7HOBs7hdbVysWkhfMv-fB5Ae-uldNPmygvVKEtuH8dSYbhy_dReJck30EiHDmDzbjoAIk/s400/IMG_5071.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />4 of the 10 brothers and sisters....Kathleen #2, Tom #3, Charley #1 and Ellen #9....at Christmas. We had a lovely time!<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDEABGyZZib19Kof-ijRprIrchSC8zY-6dK8jjCHz8oRRnOZD1WzeHUjKGFLIy7V30yjZ7ziotYlVaQdHa_0hKKt7U4xNXi0pCwi1ve-blc4xqM_OtbCTNpeDxJI6UrsmVx1K/s1600-h/IMG_5074.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDEABGyZZib19Kof-ijRprIrchSC8zY-6dK8jjCHz8oRRnOZD1WzeHUjKGFLIy7V30yjZ7ziotYlVaQdHa_0hKKt7U4xNXi0pCwi1ve-blc4xqM_OtbCTNpeDxJI6UrsmVx1K/s400/IMG_5074.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-60002705171165769262009-12-18T08:34:00.000-06:002009-12-18T08:35:04.698-06:00Newest addition to the family......<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLOfPXrXr-dDiJeBGOgQS10tpVqu_FMP9lpyHMGwaGv-Eai-uY1g3KuecGT3MjDJ21X8azT-IvEtLcnPS6-ABeOtWHpk-q9IB53l7HdCA475A2u6w5bgmAcHmbdD-XicoxIp6/s1600-h/IMG_4950.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLOfPXrXr-dDiJeBGOgQS10tpVqu_FMP9lpyHMGwaGv-Eai-uY1g3KuecGT3MjDJ21X8azT-IvEtLcnPS6-ABeOtWHpk-q9IB53l7HdCA475A2u6w5bgmAcHmbdD-XicoxIp6/s400/IMG_4950.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br />Welcome to Gigi!!!..here with her Great Aunt Neva....and we all know how I feel about actually being CALLED "GREAT" Aunt Neva...I AM a great aunt...but Aunt Neva works for me......<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-70040952200093867582009-12-16T17:36:00.002-06:002009-12-16T17:47:17.271-06:002 Brothers and 1 cousin<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMn34sARTVm8-ZrgP_w3GVlm6zYWK_1RwkcI912NWN7OxdSZ-mSTt-vXdX5fHP_QLDUHww_rnmIEyC_dtrxc3UY9Q_MR95by27KIlmiJNzRJx6ROFavYIWMRjOzlBC0hr-_U0/s1600-h/Picture+066.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMn34sARTVm8-ZrgP_w3GVlm6zYWK_1RwkcI912NWN7OxdSZ-mSTt-vXdX5fHP_QLDUHww_rnmIEyC_dtrxc3UY9Q_MR95by27KIlmiJNzRJx6ROFavYIWMRjOzlBC0hr-_U0/s400/Picture+066.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />2 well dressed young men at the club.<br /><br />The brothers (Eric and Greg) with their youngest male cousin. Grandma has 22 grandchildren --11 grandsons and 11 granddaughters...Gregory is #3 grandson, Eric is #4 and Kieran is #11.<br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sJsRFxNEIDHhP86h_yYw6rf9cLXKu1DcQPK2Eyp76oagwVP9PZtqH9tfzZJ1o_UdDYAM2yz4rpv9u-DsCpmyMPebgWO3pINybfjI4JSIaWIPKSQMQ5ZKY0A9rrkknogSiJku/s1600-h/Picture+062.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sJsRFxNEIDHhP86h_yYw6rf9cLXKu1DcQPK2Eyp76oagwVP9PZtqH9tfzZJ1o_UdDYAM2yz4rpv9u-DsCpmyMPebgWO3pINybfjI4JSIaWIPKSQMQ5ZKY0A9rrkknogSiJku/s400/Picture+062.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-72640068018264604802009-12-12T18:01:00.001-06:002009-12-18T08:35:41.590-06:00Spongebob square pants<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwW5FAnMEwaoTUZdT25C4jGuLtN3dNxsL98AQw2el9SCaTDUphjjhyyAJwgHfKU6shlfp83OljkYgRWlcfM7eOnm2fo5FtyT3ZJkFqxtakfb0-As7NW5LZM4o5DxjsKzkt6Srh/s1600-h/Picture+244.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwW5FAnMEwaoTUZdT25C4jGuLtN3dNxsL98AQw2el9SCaTDUphjjhyyAJwgHfKU6shlfp83OljkYgRWlcfM7eOnm2fo5FtyT3ZJkFqxtakfb0-As7NW5LZM4o5DxjsKzkt6Srh/s400/Picture+244.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />Gives SpongeBomb Square pants a whole new dimension doesn't this?<br />Greg in Las Vegas in September..<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-66915912909557576692009-11-30T10:50:00.000-06:002009-11-30T10:50:52.214-06:00Paul Bunyan<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRnt_wILVyqzr9ea7Z9WQevLul0MYB1sonLjTM5086uiGckU8Kpmic6TTSDA6jk8vrlrr2h4MNi5PdV6FHk5xtD3GMhXetS6Guwo2wgm4BHY4VELDqhfgbw1rfhAue-AfzjgG/s1600/IMG_5046.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRnt_wILVyqzr9ea7Z9WQevLul0MYB1sonLjTM5086uiGckU8Kpmic6TTSDA6jk8vrlrr2h4MNi5PdV6FHk5xtD3GMhXetS6Guwo2wgm4BHY4VELDqhfgbw1rfhAue-AfzjgG/s400/IMG_5046.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />You might have thought that Paul Bunyan was just a story....but....I am here to tell you that 2 of them were in my backyard chopping down the dead Austrian pine. When I asked what killed it to the daughter who is a Natural Resource Environmental Scienc resource major and got a 100% in her dendrology class....her answer..."we don't live in Austria"..<br />my rsponse....really?<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21099716.post-12254615539487656512009-11-08T17:42:00.000-06:002009-11-08T17:42:21.506-06:00Take me for a ride<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoA_Sz50p3A16PIBObyVyNL1UYg9-QC9RuvnYJz_Y74fPYXSQ_hGE9IxyrpMgBSzrOLRQbefuknIPy2RYFWKpKPRFB6F7IxmECRHwUNe6U9K1HwLV8SQPZbbpCmie8goN9H09/s1600-h/photod.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoA_Sz50p3A16PIBObyVyNL1UYg9-QC9RuvnYJz_Y74fPYXSQ_hGE9IxyrpMgBSzrOLRQbefuknIPy2RYFWKpKPRFB6F7IxmECRHwUNe6U9K1HwLV8SQPZbbpCmie8goN9H09/s400/photod.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br />I have been gone so much lately that this is the only way this little guy seems to think he can see me. ...He LOVES the car but he is IMPOSSIBLE to drive with......<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5