Ok, my family is a little different which I kind of explained in my first post, but Im going to break it down a bit.

We will start with my grandmother,my mom’s mom. We moved closer to her about 6 years ago, closer meaning living with her for 4 years. We now have our own place about 15 minutes away. She has a small farm so my mom, dad, and brother Jared stay out there when she needs help. Next, we have my mom and dad, they have been married for 36 long years. Like I said they go back and forth between home and my grandma’s place. They help with EVERYTHING my dad takes care of my flowers,yard, and garden and my mom listens to me vent and always helps with the kids and groceries.

Out of their 3 kids, Junior is the oldest. He moved in with us when he was 14, he is not blood related at all but in this family it doesn’t matter, family is family. He needed somewhere to live and we had the space. My mom is just that kind of person. His mother,Shelly lives with us now too. She wanted to be closer to the grandkids and is always there when I need something. She picks the kids up from school and practice and watches the little one until I get home from work. Then, there is me!!!!! I’m the favorite and I totally know why!!!!!!! I have been married, to Oscar, for 11 years now. This whole arrangement started when my parents said “we joined the laborers union and will be traveling for work. Rent your house out and move in here to help take care of the animals and such” Just for the record I think they were gone one summer. My husband has 2 kids, we had to fight for custody and since the oldest wasn’t biologically his we did not get custody of her but did the younger one and she has lived with us full time since 2011. She is now 16. Junior and I have a daughter, Dawn, but dont worry it’s not like Game of Thrones. They moved back in with us when she was in the 3rd grade and her mother was no longer in her life so she asked if she could call me mom. she is 15. She calls my husband “uncle” so this is always fun when we are out in public. We also have a 3 year old, yes I am bad at math and also assumed my husband was old. She is great but it can get rough having two teenage girls and then a toddler girl. Last but not least is my younger brother, Jared. He also bounces from our house to my grandmas. He really is a good guy, I think I may yell at him the most lol Guess that’s what little brother’s are for. He can really irritate me when I have something I want to eat when I get home but he finds it first. There was an incident a few years ago over an energy drink and I still haven’t heard the end of it.

There are pro’s and cons to everybody living together. We are not all peachy and just get along everyday. We yell and cuss at each other but then we get over it. It’s not always easy but everything we get at of it is worth it. We do laugh alot, usually at each other and have great times. Getting out of the house is a little like the first scenes in Home Alone and to be honest I’m surprised we haven’t left or lost someone, but we always make it and have good trips.

I do believe family is important and we may not have all the gold and riches but we do have each other ALWAYS!!!!

