Feeling kind of nostalgic today. Came across this photo in my quest to actually print all the decent photos from 2009. This is my family. Some of them. We're missing some key players. Like my Dad and a new nephew. And we added three of my cousins. (Who, though we hadn't seen them in years, blended right in immediately for the weekend. Love you R, K, & B!)So that's my Mom, my Grandmother, all 5 of my brothers, all of their wives (they each only have 1), and all the children God has blessed us with. And three bonus cousins.
Group photos are never my favorite. Very few people actually look good in a photo with more than 2 people in it. But this one, I might actually frame and put on my wall. Not because it's the best photo, but because all these people are mine. They are part of me. They belong to me as I belong to them. When tragedy strikes or blessings overflow, these are my people. I love them. I treasure them.They obviously don't all know how to take a funny picture.
But they belong to me. They belong on my wall. Because they're mine.
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Am I blind or is Claire missing?
Funny, I was thinking the same thing. I even asked Jake to help find her and the first thing Sophie asked is, "Where's Claire?". Maybe she's the fantastic photographer? Is she hiding or sitting at your feet?
Great, fun picture besides a most significant missing family member. Love it.
I don't know where Claire is!!! How'd I miss that?! I'm going to ask her in the morning where she was. I have a feeling, she might be purposely hiding behind my mom and Grandmother...
Wasn't she in st louis?
So funny! That was my first thought as well. I was reading for some kind of explanation for her being missing like she was writing her first novel or something. hehe
Great picture though. Family pictures are fun.
I can't remember why, but Claire was with us. We picked her up when your cousins had just arrived.
Yes, Becca and Grandma are right. Claire was at Aunt Amy and Uncle Rob's for Kylee's birthday party. I told you, it was just some of us. But in honor of my big faux paux, I have written a poem...
There was an old woman who lived in Nowhere,
She had so many children, she didn't realize she was missing Claire...
I'll spare you the rest. :)
I'm sure you weren't expecting all this when you posted, for all of us to get so worked up over your missing child. Glad you found her. Did she ever even know she was missing?
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