Love This Family

You can't choose your family, or so "they" say. Yet somehow the family that was chosen for me is just perfect. Yeah, sure, there could be a few more girls in this family but since I've always been a tom boy, I am much more suited to be in a family of boys. We all look out for each other. We have different personalities that keep things interesting. Our kids all have great stories of how they became part of this family. And yet, no matter how we came into this family, we all love each other. And there just aren't too many families who can take a picture like this.


(This picture was taken a few weeks ago when it wasn't freezing cold, and yes, they do all have pants on. Or most of them do.) I love all the different colors in this photo. I didn't realize it until looking at the photo later, but I love how Sean and Aaron are holding hands. I love that I have four boys and all my boys have different hair color.

We have a buddy system in our family. Marcus and Aaron are buddies. Will claims Sean as his baby. No typical norms of society can tell these two pairs that they don't belong together, that their brotherhood is any different than any other brothers out there. These big kids are always very concerned when their little buddy is not happy and try to fix the situation by being silly or getting them toys. These kids are just so excited to have each other, that I couldn't even get a good picture of Marcus with his buddy since Marcus was just smiling way too big!