Sunday, April 13, 2008

In-Law, By Choice

I have great in-laws. We have spent some time at BYU with each of Nate's siblings and i love them. We even lived in two apartments in the same house with his sister, Michal and her husband Connor. Jamie and Carrie have been at BYU for the last four and three years.

It has been so great having them close by with lots of opportunities to have them over for last minute dinners and as our favorite babysitters and to drop by their apartments unannounced. Last weekend i had my first cry about moving to Oklahoma when i realized that we would not have one of his siblings within 5 minutes of our house. My mom-in-law and dad-in-law came to town this weekend and we had a great time. They were very helpful with the kids and considerate of the things we needed. It's not just Nate's immediate family either. There is a whole army of cousins-, aunts-, uncles-, and grandparents- in-law that love and support us. When i hear about people having difficulties getting along with their in-laws i am shocked. I feel so blessed to not just get along with but love and enjoy every part of this family i married into. I was blessed to be born into an excellent family and feel so grateful to now be blessed with a wonderful second family. Thanks to all of you who bless my life.

3 comments:

Michal Thompson said...

We love you too Leslie. Carrie and I constantly talk about how grateful we are to have you as sister. And we adore your creativity and ability to be so easy going and loveable!!! Nate couldn't have made a better choice for us!

Michal Thompson said...

Hey, tell me how you do the picture thing

Justin King said...

I'm so glad you wrote that! I feel the same way about the whole King family!