Family...

So one of the other most important things I am thankful for is my Family. If I did not have my family and their love my world would crush around me. My parents are probably the most loving, caring, giving, passionate people I know! After everything I have been through in my life and what I have put them thru they are still and always will be there for me. After Jason and I got engaged my mom and dad we the most supportive and excited I have ever seen them for me. Thank you so much Mom and Dad for teaching me how to love and be loved. You guys really are who I look up to and I always will!

As far as siblings go I think I am very lucky how well my brother and I get along! However we all know that it wasn't always this way. Growning up with an older brother can be hard at times but as soon as Andy left for College a light just switched and we pretty much instantly became the best of friends. It might have also been the fact that both of us matured. Andy joined the Marine Corps and I was going through all of the high school things high school kids go through. Once I graduated HS and went to college I would call my brother for advice and to vent if I was mad about something pretty much anything. He was always there for me when I needed him. I think the time that we realized we needed each other the most was when our Uncle Bob, "UB" died. For the both of us me being 21 and Andy being 24 this was the first family member for us to pass away. We are very fortunate to still have all of our grandparents. As far as my brother goes and the military I say Boo to that! I am not a fan of him having to be deployed but who is right!? To be honest the first time he was deployed my heart stopped knowing he was leaving to the "sand box" having to leave his not even 2 week old baby and his wife! Anyway he has been deployed and back a few times and now has 2 baby girls Maddie and Rylee!!! I love them to death and would do anything I can to make those 2 the happiest girls on the earth!!! I am so glad they will get to be with their mom and dad during these holidays!!! So in a nut shell I am a huge fan of my brother and what he has done in his life! Oh and congrats on graduating from WTI bubba!!! Love ya!!

Becca is my sister in law! As I would like to call her just my "sister"! I have known Becca since high school when Andy and her started dating! I am so glad she is my sister I never had! I love being able to call her for anything or ask her about anything! Well almost anything she is still married to my brother so there is a limit! As far as her on the mother stand point I want to model our children after what an excellent job she has done with my nieces. I know they are not perfect but in my point of view I think they are! I try to keep in touch with Becca as much as I can with out being to over the top when Andy is gone but I always want her to know I am here for her and the girls. Becca you are the best friend/ sister I never had and have always wanted! Thank you for being there for me and I promise to be the best sister to you and godmother to Rylee I can be! Oh and as far as Maddie goes I would love to see both of them as much as possible!!! I think i brag on her more than I will even my own first born! It's hard not to when Becca has shown her how to be such a great kid/ niece/ granddaughter/and everything else in the world! This is my promise to see the girls as much as we can!!!

Ok enough I love my family plan and simple and will do whatever I can to support them and back them as much as possible!! I am so thankful for my family and what the do to make us, US!!!!