Thankful. Part One. Family.

You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
-- John Bowring

And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen.
~Ward Elliot Hour

(disclaimer...not all family members are accounted for here...I am blessed with even more people on the family tree, I just couldn't find enough pictures on my computer.)