My Family

Well, I guess I will start with my mom. Who of course will kill me for "putting a picture of her on the internet", and yell at me to "take it down because its such a bad picture of her." (notice the quotations, because she will say exactly that, but I'm sure with a little more swear words. haha) Anyways, about my mom... she is my hero, I wish I could have just a fraction of her strength. She can make it through anything, and come out even stronger. I would do absolutely anything for her, and she is the reason I believe I can do anything. She loves each of her children equally, not one more then the other, and never ever picks favorites, even though we joke about which one she loves most. She has such an amazing heart, and can forgive for any of my mistakes. If I don't hear from her for a couple of days, (like 2 days) I will feel weird and wonder what's going on. Every holiday is the best because she makes it that way, Christmas Eve in her house is like absolutely no other out there, trust me I will not be anywhere else! I could talk about her endlessly but if I did that I wouldn't be able to move on to anyone else... which would be very bad.

   The oldest of us "children," is Quentin, aka "Q" haha. When I think of him words that come to mind: Independent, stubborn, smart and chivalrous are a few. I remember when I broke my leg, and got home for the first time I was supposed to walk with crutches,  so foreign to me, I was in the 5th grade, and I literally stood in the entry room for over an hour trying to use them, (I was sooo scared I would fall and hurt my leg worse) and Quentin eventually came in there and carried me into the living room. I think in part because he felt bad for me and in another way he was tired of hearing me scream "I can't do this." lol Quentin is one of the hardest working people, besides my mom of course. Quentin is married to my awesome sister in law Melissa. Who has been a part of my family since I was a baby.  She makes the best salads, and I don’t think I’ve ever tasted anything she has made I don’t like. We love us some “purple cabbage.”

Next would be my big sister Tabitha. (Got to love how I made the picture in black and white so she wouldn’t be more tan then me… haha) For  the longest time I was absolutely jealous of every single thing about Tabitha, her hair, her smile, her athleticism, her “size,” and how everyone seemed to like her “the best.” I think in great ways I owe her a lot of who I am, because she gave me something to aspire to be. Granted we have a lot of differences, I think I’ve become more comfortable with myself because she always made it feel like I should be. This may sound bad in the way I am about to write it, but I  don’t mean it in a bad way at all: She has one of the most unique  minds I’ve ever come across. Now let me explain, I have never known anyone who can go into an antique store and spend so much time looking for ways of using each little item, or in some cases much larger items. She is the best “crafter” on the planet, I don’t care what anyone else says!

Now, Tabitha is all the way on the other side of the United States, in Spokane, Washington with her boyfriend Joe. Now, although I don’t know him as well as I really wish I did, I know he takes good care of her, for one reason, because he loves her, and the second is because my mom would kill him if he didn’t. ;)  <just kidding> I miss Tabitha so much, and it sucks I never seem to have time to get to know Joe, but I think knowing she is happy helps me not cry every time I talk to her. Sometimes its harder then others, but I will soon be going out to visit her, even if I have to walk all of the way to get there!!

Where do I start with our next “character” of our family, well Ryan is definitely that, he is different, but always in a good way. Its kind of funny I’m starting to write about Ryan right now because Darius Rucker just came on my Itunes, and the last time I really talked to Ryan he was telling me how much he loves his voice. Talking about Ryan makes me sad, we used to be closer and so many things have happened, so many mistakes and I guess we’ve never been able to fully regain that. He is one of the most intelligent conversations anyone would be lucky enough to ever have. He has a love for politics and history that baffles me every time he talks about it. I’ve never been lucky enough to know enough about either subject, so when I have a political question he is my first person I ask. :) Recently, well sort of recently Ryan got a puppy named Willow, who is literally his little daughter. She was much smaller in this picture but, she still has that sad look on her face! The reason I picked that picture of Ryan was because although he wasn’t looking at the camera, he looks happy. Capturing that in a picture doesn’t happen a lot.                        

                       

There would be me next, but obviously I won’t talk about myself, after me is the “baby” of our family Corey. He is the best friend to every girl out there, and not for the reasons most people would think. No he doesn’t want to just date them, he wants to know them. Its a very nice quality for any guy to have. If there is ever any music or basically any entertainment question its Corey to ask, because he is all about knowing what everyone else is doing in the “Hollywood” industry. He is my singing buddy,  he is one of my best friends and he can always make me laugh. When I look at him and the goofy faces he makes, it reminds me of my dad in a way I never thought possible.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Then last but not least is my newest member of our family, Carl. He is so important to me and I love him more then anything, it means a lot that my family love him and he loves them too. ;)  I think I look weird in this picture but I think its one of the cutest ones I have of him.

 

I love that we have such a big family and that no matter how far away one of us live we never drift apart. I can’t wait to have more pictures to put up and show you how we have all changed since these were even taken. Until then, thanks for reading! :)