Family Garden

These pictures are from one our last garden parties all together as family. The reason for the event was my sister's engagement. This garden is more than just a garden. It has seen most all major events in the Johnson/ Thorne clan. It saw all of our major breakups and new loves. It was the site of celebration for our engagements and pending marriages. In many ways all of us girls grew up in this garden under the careful and loving guidance of our uncle. He mentored, encouraged and dreamed with us through the good, the bad and the ugly. The garden still exists but just doesn't seem the same with all of us living apart now. But the garden is still there waiting for every visit from my mother, father, sisters and uncles and aunts.

Also unique to this one event was the addition of two of three most beautiful girls in the world. My nieces. You can see by their yummy smiles and curious looks how much sunshine and love they bring to the garden, our family and our world.