Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Family

My sweet sister in law Katie sent me a cd with pictures from our family's reunion and weekend together this summer. (THANKS KATIE!) Getting us all together is an accomplishment. Getting us all in a picture is a miracle. We were actually only missing Becca's husband Daniel. Some of you know my family. Some of you have met my family. Some of you are my family. But I'm still going to take a minute to introduce them.
Let's start with who started the whole thing. These are my parents, Marion and Shauna Wells. They live in Kirtland, NM. He grew up in Hanksville, UT. She grew up in Geneva, ID. Both of my Grandmothers still live in those teeny tiny towns. They met on a blind date. One banana split and three months later they were married. They thought they wanted four children. They ended up with seven.

These are my brothers and sisters. Growing up with seven kids in the family always sounded like a big family. But for some reason when we were all in the same room it didn't seem like a lot. Now that we bring our spouses and children to the room with us, it is filling up fast. I am the third child in my family and the oldest girl. In the front are (from left to right) Melissa my youngest sister, Brad my oldest brother, and Rebecca the number three girl. In the middle it's me and my brother Randy who is just older than me. Behind us is Scott my youngest brother and Alena the sister who is just a year younger than me.

Here is Brad's family. His wife's name is Katie. Their two kids are Benjamin and Emily. They live in Rigby, ID.

This is my older brother Randy, his wife Kristin and their baby boy Asher. They live in Sandy, UT.

Here is my family including my hubby Darren and our kiddos, Alexia, Parker and Elijah. We are in Gilbert, AZ.

This is my sister Alena's family. With her are her husband Andrew and little girl Kurstyn. They live in Sterling, ID.

This is Scott and the two ladies in his life, his wife Lindsay and baby Shelby. They live in Vancouver, BC Canada.

Here is Rebecca. Her husband didn't make it this year to the family reunion. Here is a picture of the two of them together. They live in Cozumel, Mexico.


This is my sister Melissa. She lives in Provo, UT.

Grandma and Grandpa with their grandkids who now out number their kids. We've been busy working on that whole multiply and replenish thing.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seeing all these pics makes me so excited for Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see everyone (almost everyone)!

Rebecca said...

Heidi I loved this blog. Where on earth did you get that great picture of Daniel and I. We look so cute. I loved both blogs of you family what a great idea. I am always trying to think of good ideas for blogs. Maybe in the future I will still the idea. Especialy Daniels side that would be fun for everyone to see. Love all the pictures.

Bill said...

Great pics! Is there anyway you could upload that CD of pics to Picasa so we can download them? Picasa is an online album that is free through blogger. I'd love to get my hands on them :) Love ya!

Mugs said...

Hey I know some of these peeps! :) Good to see Brad and Alena. Everyone looks fantastic. So happy for the blessings that have fallen into each of your laps.