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Families Are Forever...Thank Goodness!

I'm not going to apologize for the loooong gap between posts, since it's mostly due to a busy schedule filled with family fun! Though, I need to be more diligent in updating these things....oh, the internal conflict! ;)

Thanks to my wonderful in-laws, Linda and Clyde, making it to 40 years of marriage, we all had an opportunity to celebrate and have a big family gathering/party!  I think the planning process for the weekend, in Aug., started in Jan. (2012)...maybe March?  I don't even remember at this point, but I know it has been in "discussion" for a LONG time.  We finally had a family wide conference call, about a week before, to settle everything that had been bounced back and forth between mass emails, emails with just the wives etc.   Thus, in about an hour and a half, we had a tentative schedule of events.  Finally!

As we tend to do in the Shannon household, go big or go home!  We didn't limit our festivities to just the weekend, but rather planned an entire week and half around the event.  First on the agenda, Mark & Catherine, along with their family, arrived the Saturday before to stay with us, see the house and just have a darn good time!  Michael, Kate and their lovely family arrived on Monday afternoon to join the party!  


Look at these CUTE smiling faces. 

...one lays down and well...
Braids!

Pool time!


Brynlynn eating...not surprised.

Everyone smile?

We all left for Katy (where Kristen and Micah live, and where the surprise gathering was being held) on Thurs. after a brief visit from Jared, Laura and their family on their way through SA.  

*All the names listed are my brother/sister in-laws. 
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