B+C+B+C+B+C: Runs in the Family!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Runs in the Family!

I often (and by often, I mean ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME) get asked, "so do twins run in your family?"
I'm pretty sure that 97.43% of the time, what they're really wanting to know is if there were any fertility treatments involved. Gotta love nosy strangers.
I usually just smile and say, "they do now!" or "yeah, we do 5Ks and Half Marathons."
But really - Brian's Berrett Grandparents had a similar family dynamic many years ago!
This is Marjorie and Daryl, with 3 yr old Barbara and 1 yr old twins Bill & Brad.

Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days, June 4th 1953. Thanks Aunt Brenda (the genealogy queen!) for sending this to me!

As the story goes, Marjorie was told she wasn't having twins - just one big baby. But she told her doctor that she felt like there were two. He assured her she was wrong. But on birth-day, he ate those words!
I'm very grateful that MY surprise news occurred months before birth-day!

9 comments:

Crystyne said...: Hummmm....I wonder who Brian looks like?....and Breanna?; May 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
gilliay said...: three year old Barbara looks a lot like Brianna! Not a spittin' image, but they are definitely family.; May 2, 2011 at 11:01 AM
BBS said...: I am so glad you blogged this! I just love this photo! Thanks for the shout-out! I am a total beginner but loving it. I R.S. lesson on Sunday our teacher quoted Julie Beck saying "The Lord loves a beginner."; May 2, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Becky said...: So cute!

Who's taking that picture? One of the twins?; May 2, 2011 at 9:20 PM
the Gardners said...: Serious family look-a-likes! It's great to find photos like this!; May 2, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Malerie said...: Wow! There is a lot of resemblance! I can only imagine the comments people give you. People are so weird sometimes!; May 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM
DeAnne said...: That is such a cool picture. Like straight out of a movie! My Dad is a twin. So far none of us have been "lucky" enough. Especially ME!; May 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM
The Gilson Girls said...: Wow! some strong family resemblences there!
Yeah, I agree, not sure why people want to know if there were fertility treatments involved when having multiples. Why do they care or why does it matter to them???
I also get the question, "Were you surprised when you found out you were having twins?" like I can't read between the lines on that question.; May 4, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Ashley said...: I love this picture so much! I really miss my Grandma Berrett! She was such an incredible person. That is really cool that you have this picture.; May 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM

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"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

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- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Friday, April 29, 2011

Runs in the Family!

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