And the 6th place holding goes too:...............

So this is those I miss part 6. And the holding goes to Joshua, he's Snow White's husband, TooTall's older brother, and well.... Actually I'm not sure I've really even mentioned him. I'll have to put a picture of him here:
Yes this picture is old... I'm thinking about 9 years old. But its what I have on hand. The handsome blonde with the big expression. Yeah. That's Joshua. And while I have been close to his parents family my whole life, it wasn't until about the time of this picture that we really started actually talking. And then not until recently that I've started appreciating him for myself. He was always there as the brother that my brother didn't have. (Yes, he's my cousin. But somehow he's still my brother's brother.... Yeah, trust me.) Anyway.
There have been times in the last year when I have been stranded close to his house, and called on him for a rescue. At first I almost didn't but realized that had it been my Johnny-Boy and one of Joshua's sisters, Johnny-Boy wouldn't be happy about them not calling him. So I called Joshua. And we'd talk. Talk about how we're adults now, about our kids, our siblings, spouses, books, parents, the list goes on and on. I've really missed that lately.
You see recently Joshua & Snow White moved their family back to California. I'm super happy for them, but even though we only saw each other every couple months, I miss them so much.
Joshua is strong, he's a leader. He's animated, which makes him charismatic, he's sincere, & he CARES. He doesn't sit back and let life mess itself up. I know he's not perfect, but he cares and tries to do whats right for more than just himself.
Thanks for being yourself Joshua, you have those to touch now in California & I'm grateful for the extra insurance of being related which means I'm almost guaranteed to see you again. I know you aren't lost. I know I can still call you if I REALLY needed to (it just wouldn't be the same as those conversations we've had before).
Also. I must add that Joshua is more musically talented than he gives himself credit for. While I've been thinking of doing this blog for a little over a week now. It wasn't until I started in a Christmas choir group tonight that I decided that I really needed to do this. I kept thinking of Joshua, thinking of when that picture above was taken. Thinking about driving for hours, at weird hours, together to tire ourselves to the bone. Thinking about all of it. Thanks Joshua for sharing your voice in my life. And again thanks for being yourself. I know my whole family misses you and Snow White, and your charming boys. :D God be with you & yours Joshua!

Yay Pictures!

So if anyone doesn't mind my obsession with putting way TOO many pictures up, go ahead. For I am doing a post simply for pictures of things we've not been posting. So! Here we go, I hope you'll enjoy! :DMi Padre on Father's Day. He is drinking root beer we gave him with a cup we made him that vsaid 'DAD' with all his children's initials on it.These were taken on Father's Day as well: Jelly-Bean, StateStreet, LittleOne, Kare-Bear, and mi Madre.This was when we took PapaAtlas his Father's Day present from LittleOne. So these are PapaAtlas (LittleOne's GodFather), Grandma Wilcox, and LittleOne having fun together.
LittleOne dancing along to 'Busted' from Phineas & Ferb.
They were being cute so I figured I'd take these one day with the thought of one day trying to be as cool as SnowWhite and make a story out of this one day.... Oh well, enjoy anyway.I love this picture. This is the view from LittleOne's room (from her window) during a storm, just wanted to share.
For LittleOne's birthday party we made a Perry the 'Piniatapus', these were the steps.
This is our back yard, starring MomJ and DadJ. I like this swing, it's a famous spot of theirs.
This is the cake LittleOne wanted, yes I did make it with the help of my good friend Amy, my sister-in-law Steph, & MomJ. Thanks guys LittleOne loved it.
Last minute my BetterHalf thought that we needed two cakes, so here's the 2nd one as well and the famous blow out.

Kare-Bear & LittleOne's birthdays are 4 days apart so this is them enjoying being semi-birthday girls together.
And them on Kare-Bear's ACTUAL birthday. They thought cuddling was a good birthday thing.

StateStreet & TC came by and said goodbye to us on their way to Texas. :( We miss them so much! But hey it'll be good for them to be closer to TC's parents' family.
This picture proves me guilty. I took the picture then reprimanded her for playing with it.

Yay! Rissa, Johnny-Boy, & HeidiBelle visited on their way to move to South Carolina. (with Kare-Bear & LittleOne in these pictures.)