Eternal Family

(My dad is on the bottom right - his parents and siblings)

I have quite the family tree. At one point in my life I had 16 grandparents, yes I said 16. See, I had all my grandparents and great-grandparents living. That still doesn't add up? Well it helps to know that all of my grandparents were divorced and remarried before I was born. So not only did I have 8 grandparents but that meant I also had step great-grandparents too. I have two step grandparents (Gramps and grandma Barb) that have been a huge part of my life. To me there has never been a difference between them and my biological grandparents, I don't even like to use the word "step" and only do to clarify to strangers because it feels like a misrepresentation of who they are to me.

With all this said, this last week a miracle has occurred in my family. My dad's parents (biological) have decided to get REMARRIED! Not only remarried but sealed in the temple along with my dad and his siblings. We will now be an eternal family, forever connected. I am so excited. I will admit it's still a little crazy to try and imagine how this will be, they have been divorced for something like 33 years. My grandma will now be a Reid (again), although I've only known her as Johnson - it's going to be hard to get used to that change - she might have to be grandma Kathleen for a while (ha, ha). As soon as all the details can be worked out it looks like I will be going to Seattle to celebrate more than a wedding but an eternal family!