cast of characters

I mentioned in an earlier post that 2 of my 4 siblings had moved. (The former West Coasters.) This really complicates things in my little blogosphere because I really can't refer to my brother as my West Coast brother anymore now that he lives across the street! (Besides, I live further West on our street than he does.) You get the picture.

So here are my peeps and their new and improved monikers:

Little Brother (aka LB)

Baby Brother (aka BB)

Little Sister (LS)

Baby Sister (BS)

I love these people. We aren't exactly the Waltons but we are family. After the past 5 months I've been through, I can tell you, I wouldn't trade them for anything.

These are from November 2007. It is the last time we were all together for a fun occasion. (We were all together in July when our mother died, but any photos of that week are all so sad.)

This was taken in my father's Biergarten.

In this one, we are trying to replicate the photo we posed for 25 years earlier for our parents 25th anniversary. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get off the ground.

(Age and alcohol are not my friends.)

We think about family a lot during the holidays, but the truth is, I think about mine all the time. I pray for them and try to spend time with them and if nothing else, they are in my heart all the time. I am very thankful for each of them.