Father And Mother I Love You

It all started with a Father and Mother and 4 children
and the circle grew and continues to grow.

On May 1st, 1983 I became a member of this family
known as the Turner's
at first I was scared I was the new kid in
the family by marriage would I fit in? I wondered
I fit in alright being apart of this family
became one of the best moments of my life.

I love each of them dearly I don't think
of them as " In Laws" they are simply
Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister's,Niece, Nephew
and I to them am simply
Daughter, Sister, Aunt,

my family gives me something that
I thought was lost when my own mother passed
a sense of belonging ( of course I had that
with my immediate family) but this was
something I needed to balance the sense of loss

My Dad (Jim) has a big heart and would do anything
for his family, he is a great b.b.q. man of a stack
of ribs (the family loves his ribs and he says he
would make Paula Proud! if you watch cooking channel
you'll get what I mean.

My Mom (Maxine) is a family oriented person
who loves having her family around when they
can, even if it is at different times.ideally
it would be great if we were there all at
once one day we will be.
she and I share the whip humor wisdom
of the character Maxine! it always feels
good to chat on the phone with Mom.

My Brother Jay ( James Jr) not in the wedding
photo is a very intelligent man, he has a passion
for so many things and he is interesting to chat with

My Sister Janna- she is single and lives in Idaho
I am proud of her she is a survivor of a bad marriage
she is strong and I love her so.
She has two adult children
Erin who's wedding we were all at in the photo
lives with her husband Jacob in Georgia
what a weekend their wedding was Jacob graduated
college and they were married the next day!
it was a great weekend they have been married
2 years now and I love Erin and Jacob a great deal

Janna's son Brian (not in the photo) lives
in Kingman, Az near Mom and Dad and Granny
he works in a hospital and is
a loving father to his children

My Sister Janine is Married to Terry they live
in Escondido, Ca I am proud of her too, she and
I are 6 mo apart Janine earned her master degree
two years ago. Terry is retiring from the Navy
they have three children.

Ridge is the oldest and is studying to be
a firefighter

Chase is the middle child and he is a month
older than our Kiel and will graduate high
school this year.

Lauren is the only girl, she is a sweet
girl and loves to play dress up.
I am told she enjoys a
good ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins
yum!!

and then there is Jeff(not in photo
cause he took the photo) retired after
20 years of service in the Coast Guard
and of course he is married to me
we live in the central valley
of Ca with our Kiel and Kaitlyn

we are all in different places
but one thing remains constant
we keep in touch when we can
we are there for each other when
need be.

I am so blessed to be apart of
this family for these 24 years
and look forward to all the blessings
this family will have to come.
if you read the title closely you
will notice it spells out
FAMILY.