Family is Everything

I feel very lucky to have the family that I have. Not many people can consider their cousins as a second, third or forth sister. I am one of these fortunate people that has grown up in a family where "family is everything" wasn't "taught", but it was felt and expressed through love and always welcoming each other; and b/c it is absolutely necessary to have cake and sing happy birthday for EVERYONE in the family, so we always see each other!!. Now we are all growing up and having kids and it always makes me so happy to see the kids playing, talking and being with each other the way we were. Here is a picture of Madison and Lacy playing together and I hope they, along with Tommy, Shane, Kendall and all others that are to come, grow up feeling the love and closeness we all did. It's such a warm feeling!