5 Generations

This was my Mothers Day present from my Mom this year.

It hangs proudly in my home and I LOVE IT!

(Also Interesting that all of us, except our daughter Sidney were born in May)!

1st Picture: Great Grandmother 

ORA PEARL OFFICER (She went by PEARL as her 1st name)

DOB: May 13, 1897 (Pike Texas)

Died: July 7, 1980 (Santa Ana California)

One year before I was born

2nd Picture: Grandmother 

GWENDOLYN McCUISTION BROWN 

DOB:May 23,1918 (Pauls Valley Oklahoma) 

Died: July 7, 2005 (Los Angeles California)

3rd Picture: My Mommy 

BARBARA ANNE BROWN SMITH

DOB: May 17, 19** 

(NOT FAIR TO DISCLOSE HER AGE) You're welcome Mom!

4th Picture: 

MELISSA ANNE WHITE

DOB: May 6, 1981

5th Picture: 

SIDNEY ANNE WHITE

DOB: December 15, 2009

(Any cousins who Read my Blog and would like the pictures of Great Grandma Ora and Grandma Gwen Let me or my mom know, we can email them to you)

Sunday Mornings

Sunday mornings before church can be a struggle, and can be so fun! I hope I look back on all these pictures one day and laugh :)

It begins like this.... Riley wakes up, "Mom, its a Church day"! (We have Mommy days, school days and Church days) It helps Riley know what to expect that that day

We get dressed, and Riley (this last week) throws a fit because his "church shoes" are to small... So he has to wear his vans. (See the picture of him crying on the stairs). Thank goodness for my beautiful little sister Kadyn sleeping over on Saturday nights so she can help me on Sunday mornings!!y

 

 And I remind myself that this is the only way to do it...