My mom and dad are the greatest people in the world. Mom, Patti, is seriously my best friend *other than Brit* and I can talk to her about anything. Daddy, Roger, plays every instrument known to bluegrass and is in a gospel group. He's the kind of guy who doesn't pick on you unless he likes you, and he REALLY picks on me, so I guess he loves me a lot. hehe :) Mom says I'm exactly like him.
I have one brother, Randy, who just so happens to be 17 years older than me. Yeah, a little weird, but we love each other. He's crazy and so much fun to be around *as long as he's in a good mood*. He has 2 beautiful daughters, Jami and Katie, who are sometimes the sweetest little things in the world. Sometimes not. lol Jami is 10 and is going into 5th and is a cheerleader. Katie is 6 and will be in 1st grade.
My dad's parents have both passed away, but they were my MawMaw and PawPaw *aka Ernie and Lillian*. PawPaw died when my dad was 9, so I never got to meet him. My MawMaw died from breast cancer when I was 8...she was a saint. I never heard her say a mean word about anyone...EVER. My dad doesn't have any brothers or sisters, but he has a HUGE extended family and we're all very close. It's awesome to know that there are so many people I'm related to. The Bradley side of my family is the one I'm really close with.
My mom's father, Grandpa George passed away when she was in her twenties, so I never met him either. Her mother, however, is alive and kicking. My Gimms is adored by every single friend I have. Sometimes I think they like her more than they like me. lol She's been married 3 times, so I have had 2 step-grandfathers. The first was my Paws, whom she married long before I was born. He passed away in Sept. of 2000 and was really the only grandfather I ever knew. Gimms remarried in April of 2003 to a man named Jim *who just so happened to be my friends grandpa.*
I have 2 uncles, Mark and Flimming, which are my mom's baby brothers. My mother's older brother, Mike, passed away on Feb. 11, 2004 from heart problems. He was married to my aunt Joyce and was the father of my cousins Trent and Bret. Trent is in the Navy stationed in Groton, Connecticut. Bret is 26 and into building things and landscaping. My uncle Mark lives in Charleston, WV and has blessed my family w/my loving big cousin, Brice. If you know me, you know Brice and I are close. My uncle Flim has 3 kids: Ashley (17), Jessica (16), and Dustin (9) who live in Milton, WV. He lives here in my hometown with his fiancee, Amanda.
And I have to tell you about my baby, my doggy, GABE! He's a little teensy Yorkie Terrior. We've had him since my first day of 6th grade, which I guess is just about 5 years. *No Amie, you cannot have him!! lol*
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