Family Ties

We pride ourselves on our family ties. I have a great relationship with my parents and see them often. My husband has a great relationship with his mom, but unfortunately being across country keeps us from seeing her as often as we would like. I also have a great relationship with my husband's family and he has a great relationship with my family!

My inlaws were able to visit recently, at least two of them. My mother in law and grandmother in law spent about 2 weeks with us and it was great! We spent a lot of time outside talking, bbqing and playing with the kids. We were able to celebrate Luke's birthday with them even though it was early. I was not feeling well the night we had planned to celebrate, so we ended up just doing pizza at home! It is the little things like that which bring us closer together!

One of the things that we do as a family every night is sitting at the dinner table together. This is getting harder for us to do now that Lloyd and I are both working full time, but we still strive to make sure we all eat together. Sometimes we talk, sometimes we just eat. We also try to have a family night; we play games, watch movies, or sometimes we will go out.

As most of you know we are a blended family, so having a close relationship with one another does not always come easily. Lloyd and the boys get a long for the most part. Any of you that have step kids or were step kids at one point in time probably understand. I think it makes it easier for my husband since he has a stepdad. He really has a way of talking to the boys and getting the situation under control quickly.

All in all we are all just one happy family!