We had such a great week with our family!
It was hard to see the time end, but we made some fun memories and look forward to doing it again.
I've been thinking about what a family is and what it means to me.
I thought I'd share my list.
The Family:
♥Families are not critical when they come to dinner and find you cleaning up spilled barbecue sauce that you dumped in the hot oven and all over the floor-all the while sporting a funny hair-do that dried before you could blow dry and style it.
♥Families are great teammates who will play games like Double Nines, Phase Ten, and Hand and Foot while sweetly sabotaging you in order to win.
♥Families are good sports about not using all the hot water and waiting in line for bathroom time.
♥Families share, borrow, trade, and buy things for each other.
♥Families get excited for each person's triumphs and overlook those little things that could be annoying.
♥Families like to remember and joke about those often embarrassing but still funny moments (and refuse to let you forget about them).
♥Families can carry on multiple conversations simultaneously while keeping track of what everyone is saying.
♥Families are a built-in support system (and an instant party).
♥Families are good at "spoiling" all the little ones (who don't seem to suffer because of it).
♥Families are your best friends!
"And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen."
-Terri Guillemets
♥
JoAnn
7 comments:
I think you've hit exactly what a family is on the nose! :) And what a fabulous family picture! All the kids facing the camera and everything... way to go!
I love your list - it is so true! And the family picture turned out so cute!
I was going to say the same thing as Katie. I love your list! I think it's funny that Lacey mentioned all the little kids were looking at the camera... nevermind they weren't smiling. Having them all looking is a big feat (as Lacey and I discovered first hand with our family pictures last month.
We sure had fun catching up with Heidi and Ovidiu last night! It was fun to celebrate Robbies birthday and laugh until our sides hurt.
Very cute family picture! Families are great for all those reasons, I agree you nailed it right on the nose.
I love that....that is awesome.
One of my favorite books on What is the Family written by Edith Scheaffer, whose husband was Dr. Francis Schaeffer, who had a home in Switzerland called LaBrie, to care for people.
I have loved her book and it's perspective on what family trials, challenges and celebrations look like. It' over 30 years old...but it keeps calling me back.
Cute picture! I'm sad we missed out on seeing Heidi, next time...
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