Keeping Up With the Fam

I am a big family person. I love spending time with my family and with Devin's family. I only wish we did more of it sometimes.

We have had some exciting things happening lately, oh and one majorly scary one.

First, This is my little brother, Mike. He is two years younger than I am. Mike has been dating this girl, Lara, for a while (Isn't she cute? I have no idea how he got such a cute girlfriend! Ha Ha, just joking Mikey!)

Mike goes to school in Idaho. Lara graduated and moved back to her hometown in California. This causes problems for them because, well, they like to spend time together. Solution: Mike drives/flies to California all the time to see her. (Which = he is very broke.)

Last Sunday, Mike was making the 15+ hour drive back home. He was driving my sister's car (the very car from this post) because it gets better gas mileage than his own.

Somwhere in between Reno and Winnemucca, NV, he fell asleep at the wheel. He ended up veering off the road and hitting a road sign going 75+ miles per hour. He walked away from the accident absolutely fine, despite the police telling him that he should have rolled the car. He was rescued by members of the Church (blessed are we to be members, are we not?).

Jennifer's car? Totaled.

My sister had enough sense to not freak out when she learned the fate of her car. She repeated the lesson she had learned from "The Last Lecture": "People are more important than things."

Needless to say, she will now be getting a new car.

We are just grateful that Mikey is alive and well.



SECOND, we have a new niece on Devin's side.Meet baby Kylie. Isn't she gorgeous?

Kylie was adopted. I love adoption, you know this.

Devin's sister Shawna and her husband Slava just adopted this beauty from Georgia. They have two older boys, Kayden and Keegan, and now add Kylie. It was a long and hard process for them to get her here, but we are so grateful that they are now home and well.

My favorite part of the story? Keegan, 3 years old, when asked about his baby sister (before she came home) would insist to me that they were naming the baby "Sally". Cute, eh?

This makes grandchild #18 on Devin's side. Whew!! Also, #'s 19, 20, and 21 are on their way within the next few months. So exciting. We can't wait to meet them all (including Kylie-we haven't met her yet!)

Well, that's enough excitement for now.