Cousins

Cousins are the best! I'm grateful that we have family close and that we'll see them again for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The boys fought a lot this trip for some reason but there were also times when they got a long great! I hope they grow to like each other more and more as they spend more time together.

I'm grateful Kyle and Hailey made the trip down here. It was so good to spend time with them! 

Ever since Brad lost his Mom it has been hard to talk about that loss. Every time I think about it all the pain comes back and it is so hard again. So I just don't think about it. But I know I need to remember her and the great legacy she left and her example and goodness and all the ways I've been changed for the better. 

Even with Kyle and Hailey here we didn't talk about our loss very much, but it just helped to be together because we all understand what each other are going through in a way. 

When we're together with family I feel her love more because I know how happy it would make her to see us getting together and growing closer bonds with each other. I know how much that meant to her and how much it still means to her.

Family is everything.