Fambly

I'm on a roll with this keeping on top of the blog business. Lol, although I have only had the thing for two months so I am sure that I will lose interest eventually. :) Ummm... I mean that keeping my family updated on my life is really important and therefore I will faithfully blog as promised. Speaking of my family I get to see most of them in a week. I am really excited! I love my family dearly and I hardly ever get to see them even though I try to make it down to Durango and up to CA a couple times a year. This year I have not been able to travel as much as I would have liked. The last time I saw the Durango crew was at Christmas, when Terran was only 3 months old. That little boy is 8 months old now with a set of teeth and new found mobility.

Terran, Everest and I at Christmas

I can hardly wait to see him again and as always my Ev monster. I am a sucker for my nephews, luckily they haven't figured that out yet because I'm screwed when they do. "Tia, and I have a BMX bike???" Sure thing kiddo! I'll get one too and we can race!!!! I don't think my sister fully grasps all of the bad things I am planning on teaching them. Bad things but fun things..... Exhibit A:

Everest at a little over a year... Oh yeah, very cool little kid!

Don't get the wrong idea, I am a very loving Tia and I would do anything to protect those boys. Ha ha, besides so far I have given Everest a very healthy love of bikes, motorcycles and mountain at least, which is vital to having a good life. At two years old I had him on my Santa Cruz and we were jumping ditches. It was a good time, I've never heard a kid laugh so much. :) Ahhh memories... sniff, they grow up so fast! Everest turns three this year. Wow! My other family members that are able to make the trip are my sister Nikki and her husband Jeff, and my Mom and Dad. This will be the second trip up since I moved here for my parents and my sister Cora, and the first for Nikki and Jeff. I am looking forward to showing them where I have spent the last five years of my life. "Okay guys, this is Norlin, the campus library... this is where I sit every day and have for the last 5 years. Who wants lunch? There has to be a coffee stand around here some where."

This is most of the family, the last time we were all together which was last summer. I'm next to my mom and dad and then Cora and my brother in-law Eric and on the other side.. Then below is the bride and groom of that day which would be Nikki and Jeff.

I have a rather large family, lots of brother and sisters even though I don't really spend any time with many of the older ones just cause they are so much older. The basic family is my mom, step-dad, real dad, Cora, Nikki and my sweet brother Darin. They of course all have husbands, wives and various kids too. The family gets bigger and bigger every year. :) It's kind of nice.

This is my brother Darin (Woody to everyone that knows him) and his wonderful wife Becca. I only get to see them about once a year, which is hard.

And last but not least, my sister Manda. She and I are the same age and get into all sorts of trouble together...:)

So this was originally supposed to be a post for my family letting them know I was excited to see them next week but it kind of ended up being a photo family tree.. Ha ha.. my family tree is rather bizaar. I'll have to draw a map for it to make any sense at all. :) There are a step brother and sister in addition to the other 8 siblings. It gets a little hairy. But I love them all and all of the craziness that they are. I mean really, where do you think I get it from? Those of you who are reading this that I will not get to see next week, I love you and I'll miss you!!!!