Time to Play Catch UP

Well, I often get on the computer and go through my list of blogs that I like to read and when I see that they aren't updated I'm disappointed, and then I realize "oh, I also haven't updated in awhile" so, maybe before I expect more out of my friends I should take care of my own first. :)

So, I am going to try and update you on the life with the Payne's in a few short blog entries. And we're hoping the pictures will come through, but no promises, sorry. It has been a busy few weeks. Mainly surrounding the wedding of Kelly and Ashley. THey have been dating for basically forever it seems and finally got married this last Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding and I am so blessed to have another amazing sister-in-law. I am a little sad that they are going to be in California to finish school and then will go wherever the Army takes them,but also know that that is where God has them right now, and we will just have to look forward to visits, and maybe it's a reason for vacation to California!

Along with a wedding means lots of visiting family, which I just had such a blast with the whole time. Both grandmas made it up, and then 3 cousins, two aunts and two uncles, throw in our largeish family as it is, and the uncle and cousin here and we had some large famliy gatherings! I was very grateful to not be working and to get to spend so much time with the famliy. NOthing in particular, just lots of hanging out, some shopping, and lots of cooking. Jonathan was such a trooper the whole time and just got loved on so much, it was so fun to see how much my extended family loved on him. NOw, I have to go back to being his full time mom, since there aren't 10 other sets of arms hanging out at my house all day. :) I am now going to work on getting his sleep schedule back in order, as he wasn't going to bed until 10 or 11 alot of nights, but he made it through really well.