Sunday, January 18, 2009

To Our Blog...

So this month marks one year of us actively using our blog!! Around November of last year, Kortney called me and told me to get one...so eventually I did...and made one post! Luckily for some reason, around January, I decided to give it a second chance and try to learn how it all worked. Then the blog fever hit and I was spending WAY too much time on the blog!! Now I'm down to a happy medium blogging time and most of the time I'm wishing I had more time to do it. It's a great way to keep track and look back on good memories! Thanks Kort!

P.S. Sorry this is a lame post w/o pictures! I couldn't really think of one to put here though...

Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Allreds

Most people have heard that my uncle Doug passed away on December 24, 2008 at age 46. He was a great man that I only began to get to know. I will always be grateful for the time I was able to spend with him towards the end of his life.

Funerals always bring extended families together to remember those that have passed. I wanted to say that I love my family. All of them. I can't believe how blessed I am to have such fun, interesting, and awesome relatives.
This is a picture of all my cousins that are boys in the Allred family

I haven't ever liked going to funerals, it has seemed to bring me pressure to act a certain way, but this short session brought me comfort and an opportunity to offer my condolences. Maybe I've just gotten old enough to appreciate it for what it is. I loved all the comments that were made for Doug and I was so glad that I was able to be there.