The first class, of the first day of Junior High I met Shannon Callahan! We have now known each other for 20 years. She is one of the those friends that my whole family knows, even my aunts, uncles and cousins. And I know and love her immediate and extended family including some of her in-laws. She is a constant and stablizing thread sown into the fabric of my life. (thats a line out of a country song to be sure!) What I would do or who I would be without her in my young and older years I cant even imagine. She and I come from similar backgrounds and have risen above things that may have held others down and we have ducked below in things we still dont dare tell others about! We have hilarious stories and sad ones. One thing we have a lot of is pictures of us looking almost exactly like this...
We must have wasted a ton of film...Yes back in the days of film we would hold the camera up in front of us and hope that is was angled just right to get both of us. Then we would wait months to finish the role of film, take it in to the processing place, then wait til my mom picked up the pictures and laugh our heads off when we would get it back and barely remember why we took yet another face shot of ourselves. Sometimes we would try to trade hair and flip her gorgeous red hair over my face and put my blondness on her face and take the picture just to see what we would look like if we switched hair. We have endless memories together, I cant wait til we are in heaven one day and can remember everything, I am sure there are tons that I have forgotten!
Anyway, it was sooo good to see her and to see the rest of her family...
Shannon's son Rylan, Simon and her husband Matt.
And oldest son, Christopher Robin, I mean Logan, (doesn't he look exactly like how Christopher Robin looks in your mind from the storybooks?) and her adorable daughter Lauren-who I promptly won over on the dance floor! We are going to be good pals I can tell, she likes to shake it as much as I do!
More of that sweet Simon,
that would have nothing to do with me and truthfully only liked his dad the entire night!
OH I almost forgot, it was Shannon's little brother, Shane's wedding reception! He and his wife Katrina were married in Chicago recently and they had a party here too.
CONGRATULATIONS
Shane and Katrina!!
I got to see all 4 of her siblings and her mom, Connie!
Connie and Shane dancing to the song "Why are there so many songs about Rainbows?..."
Sung by Kermit the Frog!
Yes, Rainbow Connection, it was actually really sweet. I love that song!
Connie, has an old friend similar to the friendship that Shannon and I have, they have probably known each other from the same ages as us. This friend, Laura is also connected to my family! I have known Laura since I was a tiny one and its always fun to see her at the Callahan events as well. I thought about what it is like for Laura and Connie to attend each others childrens marriages etc. And realized that one day I will be going to little Lauren's wedding- and it will feel like no time has gone by!
Shannon's older sister took some pictures of all of us dancing and as soon as she puts them on facebook I will put them on here, as well, but here's a preview of the shake-down!
