Meet My Family- 2009

Well, I thought it was time for an updated version of
"Meet My Family"
So Here is my 2009 version:)
1.On the right is me, "Sandy" I'm the lady behind this blog.2. On the Left is the "Hubby" on my blog. His name is Brent. We've been married since 1989 and If I counted that correctly we've been married right at 20 years now. We married VERY young at age 16 & 18,but we've made it! 3. The girl in this picture is one of the most amazing girls you could ever meet. She is the sweetheart of the family. This is my oldest bio daughter "Anna" with her hubby "Corey". They married in June 2008 and are one of the funniest couples ever...they keep me laughing or should I say rolling...lol

Corey & Anna are expecting their first baby & my first grandchild!
Little Baby Wesson should arrive sometime around Feb 1st!!!! Next...
4. This beautiful girl is my second born daughter "Katie".
She is the out spoken "Princess" of the family. She is my girly girl through and through:) And loves photography just like her Mom! Now, Meet The Twins!!!!!!!
5. Meet my baby girl "Ashley". She is the one that is the most like me. She and I are like peanut butter & jelly...we stick together. She is for sure 100% a Mama's girl.

6. Finally a boy! That is what I said the day we were blessed with our first son "Jonathan" but better known on my blog as "Jon". He is Ashley's twin!!!! He is one strong & hard working boy. He is a mini of his Dad.
7. And this is the baby boy of the family "Jacob". He came exactly 8 years after the twins:) He is all boy and always up to something. His siblings say he is spoiled rotten, but I can't imagine why they would say such a thing about such a darling boy *wink*.
8. Next,I would like to introduce you to the oldest of our children(I know you are a bit confused now). But this is actually the oldest kid. We added "Samantha" to our family through foster care in 2003. She is one beautiful & bright girl or should I say woman ,because she is 20 now. People seem to think she favors me more than my own do.


Now, I bet you thought we were done?!? Well, we aren't. Through fostering we have had 16 other children to come in and go from our lives. Each child left their marks behind. Some left roots that run so deep that they are 4-ever connected to us...just like Samantha above.

9. Another of those kids is "Bailey". If you've spent anytime here on my blog, then I know you've seen her name come up over and over. Sometimes we call her Bailey ,but mostly we call her "Bay". She is and will always be "Our Baby Girl". She came into our life through foster care at birth and remained with us for her first year. However, after she went home we remained an active part of her life(I thank her family for that). Only now we are playing the part as "Uncle Brent & Aunt Sandy" in her world and she plays the part of "Sunshine" in ours:) ~Touching the future...one child at a time~ Matthew 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such
little child in my name receiveth me.
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With each child that we foster, we do our best to continue having a relationship with them. Some families want that and others just want to move on and forget their past...I can't say I blame them. However, these kids were a part of our family and will forever hold a special place in our hearts. Below are some of my other fosters that are still very much a part of our family... Trinton & Amberly with their sweet baby brother Devon.

She is a great big sister!!!! ~~~~~~~~
At the moment we have no fosters in our home. But,at any moment the phone may ring and we will add another branch or two or three... to the family tree:)
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I am one VERY blessed lady!!!!!
God has been so good to me!!!!!!
~A Quote I Really Like and often think on when dealing with families in foster care~
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There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing...when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning -- because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in himself 'cause the world done whipped him so. When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is." – Raisin in the Sun