Playing catch up!!

Wow where has the time gone. I have been so busy with all the excitement since Aug til now. I have had so much going on in my life. I an truly blessed. I have so much to be thankful for. I am especially thankful for my family. They mean the world to me. I am just going to post pictures I have taken over the past few weeks. They will include my newest grand babies, my new brother and his family, and my visit with Kenny and Johanna. I got to see mom and dad Summers too. Like I said my life has been full these past few weeks.

We are together as a family in Arizona

It was nice that we all got together for the weekend. It was great spending time together. Richie was missing but we still enjoyed the time as a family. We took the opportunity to take pictures. I am thrilled we got cute pictures. You see Nikki and Alicia with their new babies. The are a month and 3 days apart in age. then we have the girls with their babies all together. Of course we had to have Papa and TuTu with all their beautiful grand babies together. And we have Danny on the tube. We had a great weekend. Family is such a blessing.

We have a new Grand son. Austin Lewis Summers

I am so thrilled to welcome into our family our newest grand baby. Our little Austin Lewis Summers arrived in all his glory on Sept 16, 2009. He was born at 10:31pm weighing 7lbs. 40z. and was 20.5 inches long. He decided he didn't want to wait for his due date and arrived 2 weeks and 3 days early. He would be huge if he waited til Oct 1. As is with all our grand babies, Austin shares his birthday also. He shares it with Uncle Henry. Wow what a tradition we have going now. Rich and I were able to be there when Austin was born. There is nothing like being a grandparent! We love it. Alica did great and Chris was an awesome coach for Alicia. They are going to be great parents.

I meet my brother! Wow!

I flew to Colorado to meet a brother I never knew I had. Apparently mom had a baby and placed him up for adoption at birth. I knew there was family secrets but wasn't sure just what they were. Now I am finding out about the secrets. John found me when the state of Colorado opened up their sealed adoptions. He always knew he was adopted and wanted to find out more. He was able to find me through my genealogy research online. With the help of great friends he was able to locate me and contacted me. We talked on the phone daily or text daily for the last couple of months. Thus we got to know each other a little bit before we actually met in person. We got to know what we liked and didn't like. We learned about the similarities we have in our lives. It is amazing how our lives paralleled each others. We even have the same mannerisms. How fun is that. We had a great time together just getting to know more. I got to meet his special friends, his family, and his adoptive family. They are all so wonderful and made me feel so much a part of them. It was amazing. I am looking forward to the time our families get together and we can share new memories together as one big family. Rich has been so great through all this. He has taken this journey with me. I am so greatful for him and am so loved. Thanks Rich for being my rock. I love you so much. I love my new family and look forward to all the memories we will make together.

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