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Memories                                                         We swam, played cards, yard
        Pastor Bree Rassi                                         games, enjoyed fireworks, seen

                                                                  the horses, celebrated my early
               I was just sitting here                            birthday, and my parents 42nd

        reflecting on the amazing few                             anniversary. God has truly blessed
        weeks we've had together as a                             us with an amazing family. These
        family vacation. We spent a week                          times spent together are the

        with members from my side of our                          memories we will all carry with us
        family in Kentucky. It was the first                      forever.
        vacation in which everyone was                                   Memories are incredibly

        together.
                                                                  precious moments, especially when
               My parents had rented a                            you realize there are no
        house on an old farm ranch in                             guarantees as to amount of time
        Eastern Kentucky for our family to                        we will be here and can enjoy one

        stay at. It was big and beautiful                         another.
        home, and the kids were excited to                               Take the vacation and show
        see that it was complete with a                           the people you love just how much
        swimming pool.                                            you they mean to you. Things can


                                                                  change quickly so don't hesitate.
                                                                  Do all the things you want to do
                                                                  now.


                                                                         My family means everything
                                                                  to me and I'm thankful for the
                                                                  ones we have in our relationship.

                                                                  Were there disagreements on
                                                                  vacation in the weeks we were
                                                                  together? Absolutely. There were

                                                                  twelve kids under 11! But when the
               As you can see, we have a                          kids would fight/argue, they would

        rather large family. In total we had                      resolve the problem and move on.
        12 cousins together, all under the                        We can learn a lot from our
        age of 11, as well as my two                              children, especially in that area,
        brothers, their wives, and of course                      but I'm not going there today.

        my parents in the same location.
        What an amazing week. We had                                     This time spent is a tradition
        such a great time making                                  we trust the kids will ask about

        memories.                                                 every year. It's a time where we
                                                                  can get together for more than a
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