#AtoZChallenge - Family

Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for 2026!

My theme this year is simply things that I’m grateful for.

It’s a broad and varied theme but was surprisingly easy to fill in each letter!

Family, of course!

This was taken 3 years ago at Mom's surprise 89th birthday.

These are all of her great-grandkids.

Me & Sis1 at parade last winter with the search & rescue team.

Which is a whole 'nother family in itself!

Us girls do a lot together.

Me, Mom, Sis1 & Sis2

Me & the siblings.

I think this was at the Spawn's Christening, so 1998?

2012

Various cousins at another cousin's 30th wedding anniversary vow-renewal. 

They had the BEST DJ ever - I don't think I sat down all night. 

Sis1, me & Sis2

The Spouse, me & his mom

I've been blessed in the mother-in-law department

Christmas 2009, right after Dad passed away - 

we had to break tradition for Mom's sake. 

We went to a hotel with a big water park and mini golf.

My favorite picture of me & the Spouse

Mom & Dad at my wedding

Just for fun - this was my wedding cake topper. 

It was 3 square tiers with the middle one turned as a diamond so we were on top, the Spawn on the front point of the second tier and the critters all around the bottom tier.