Family
The Stoup family has not traditionally been super close. At least not my extended family. I only see my Uncle once a year and I haven't seen my Aunt in a long time. I get to see my Dad and Sandy more and my Grandparents twice a year. To be honest, it is my own fault. I made the decision to move this far West but even before that, I grew up in a different state.
But let me tell you something. My whole family is coming together this weekend. Why? Not because of some huge event like a family reunion. No, it is only because G, Noah and I are going to visit my Dad and Sandy. My Aunt is coming down from PA along with my Uncle and Grandparents. I am very excited. I can't wait for them to meet my son and to be able to spend some time with my family. I really enjoy having them around and I wish that I was closer so that the opportunities would be more abundant. I miss having an extended family, so this weekend is going to be one of the few chances I get to feel like part of a large family unit.
I am nervous about traveling with Noah, but we have to do it sometime. It is more the unknown part that is not appetizing for me. I promise to let you know how it goes.
What else?
I am starting to sell some wine barrel candle holders and crafts. I am hoping it will help us to get ahead. I promise to post pictures and a link to my etsy account, just in case you need some random wooden goodies.
Work is good but I am a bit overwhelmed... Lots of things going on, more on that later. Oh and last but not least-
Who is reading this blog from St. Cloud? Who are you? Let me know. Or, if you would rather stay anonymous, feel free.
To my other readers- leave me a comment with your city and state. That way, I know where you are, because I love how my readers are spread out all over the nation...
Comments
I've been thinking about getting an etsy site to sell some of my more "fine art" type of photography. Good luck with your endeavor.
(Closest city: Harrisburg
State: PA)
Glad your family gets to meet your son!
I was actually contemplating making some sort of a map of my neighbors. I know they are spread out across the US (and farther), but I thought it would be so neat to see it visually.
I'm from Sacramento, CA. :)
i'm in hartford, CT!
We're in Norfolk, VA.
Springfield, NT
We watched "Dan in Real Life" last year, and it made both Nick and I really sad, because neither of us have families like that. He's really close with his parents, but his siblings, not so much. I'm not so close with my parents, probably closest to my siblings, but even then only see them a few times a year - even though they're only an hour away.
My sister wants us to see more of them, so that her kids get to know their family better than we knew our aunts and uncles, which I can understand. I think it is different when you have kids of your own - the older generations want to meet the newer ones (and tell you where you're going wrong!!!).
Both Nick and I feel that if/when we do have kids, we want to instill them with some really strong traditions so that we can have that closer family that we don't have with our own siblings.
Harefield, UK (first international poster - whoot!)