Eighth Day of Christmas

On the eighth day of Christmas I'm truly grateful for:

Eight aunts and eight uncles, their spouses, their kids and their kids' kids.

My mom has one brother and four sisters.  My dad has one brother and two sisters. Since they're all married I also have four uncles and one aunt from my mom's side and one aunt and two uncles from my dad's side. On my mom's side I have 21 cousins.  On my dad's side I have 6 cousins.  Out of those 27 cousins, I have 4 little second cousins.  And that's not even counting my step-aunts, uncles, cousins and second-cousins.  I've been blessed with so many wonderful people in my life that I get to call family.  I've made so many wonderful memories with these great people.  Here are a few memories that stand out right now: putting make-up on Gr'pa while he pretended to be asleep, Christmas dinner at Grandma's, the cabin up in Flagstaff, Scott and Patty's wedding, Aspen Grove, Trips to California, Grandma and Grandpa's plaid carpet, 50th Anniversary at Disneyland, wedding musicals.

Here are some pictures of these lovely people:

Kevin and Susan and their kids

From Left: Adriana, Alexis, Weston, Zane, Little Zane, Kevin, Susan, Lauren, Colin, Abigail, Allison, Jenny and Cameron at Colin's wedding

Suzanne and Ken and their kids

Aunt Suzanne with Uncle Ken who we love and miss so much

Suzanne, Emma and Kate at Paige's wedding

Shelley and Mike and their kids

Shelley, Mike, Spencer, Clark, Lauren, Anne, Matthew, Mindy, Baby Opal and (and Mindy pregnant with Elias) when Clark got home from his mission in Scotland

Kristen and Eric and their kids

Adam, Kristen, Baby Tate, Eric, Carter and Alex at Aspen Grove

Amy and Nathan and their kids

Amy looking gorgeous right after giving birth to India with Ava, Elle, Nathan and Rock

Scott and Patty and Summer

Patty, Scott and their dogs

Scott's daughter Summer with her mom, Deanna

Syd and Bob and their kids

Syd and Corey in a dress she made herself in school

Corey, Katie (Bob's daughter), Braden, Tyler and Bob

Marianne and Larry and her kids

Spencer, Marianne, Katherine, Alex and Larry singing karaoke at Scott and Patty's housewarming party

And here's some proof that I actually know some of these people

Most of us at Paige's wedding

FAO Schwarts

I put this up because of Ana's face in the background

Disneyland

Scott and Patty's wedding

Me and Colin making cute faces

Picnic

So, on this Eighth day of Christmas, I'm truly grateful for:

Eight Aunts, Eight Uncles, their Kids and their Kids' Kids,

Seven Pets, Past and Present,

Six Grandparents, 

Five Nieces and Nephews,

Four Middle School Friends, Four High School Friends and Four China Friends,

Three Brothers, Three Sisters and Three Siblings-in-Law, 

Two Loving Parents

&

One Promised King. Savior of the World.