we are family

so i have had a secret. 

in august i found out that i had an older sister. my mom decided that it was a good time to let me know about her. she had been looking for her for a long time but had not had any luck finding her. 

so when my mom told me about her, i told her that i was going to start searching for her too. one month later we found her. This past weekend was the first time we got to meet in person. We had all spoke with her on the phone, but this was what we were really looking forward to. 

Here is a picture of my mom and my older sister Victoria.

here is a picture of my mom and my two sisters. 

(L-R, Victoria, Mom, Sara)

Along with Victoria coming we had some family come in as well. We met late Friday night and then spend all day Saturday and part of Sunday together. I took a bunch of random snap shots while we were together. It was so great to meet Victoria. She is just AWESOME!! 

I am so happy that we found her and that we get to have her as part of our family. 

 Here is Miss. B sitting at the table chatting with everyone.

 Ayla cheesing it up for me. 

 This is my moms sister, My Aunt Sue.

 My brother in law Jeremy, and Kael. They were hanging out under the bar, just having a chat. 

 Victoria chatting with everyone.

 Well this is my grandmothers head, and my mom and sister chatting. 

 This is just a group shot of everyone sitting around chatting. It was a very laid back weekend. We just enjoyed our time getting to know each other and visiting. It was a lot of fun. 

and of course, ready or not...she was loved on by my group. they were so excited to meet her. they chatted with her any chance they got and loved every minute they got to spend with their new aunt!

I am really grateful that we got to spend the weekend with Victoria and I hope we get together again soon!