Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My sisters

We are an unruly bunch. We make jokes that not only border on inappropriate, we go screaming OVER the border. We encourage our children to do things that make them look foolish so we can laugh at them. (Also, Gwenn and I are likely to try and compete for the "best fun auntie" title. It's really not fair to do that to a 2o-month old! Even if she's really smart.) (Evie, not Gwenn. Gwenn's smart too, though.)
One of the things about my family that no one else seems to get (ESPECIALLY not my husband) is that we are LOUD. We laugh a lot, we talk over each other (and no one's feelings get hurt because that's just how we are). When all of us are together, Jon will often go hang out on the porch with my Dad or one of the guys because he just can't stand the noise. I honestly don't even notice it anymore.
Gwenn leaves in 34 days to move to Haiti, so this is probably the last time that all the sisters will be together until November. What to do, what to do? I'm going to make a cake for Gwenn's birthday in a few minutes; Mommy made spaghetti for dinner, we're going to wax each other's eyebrows and possibly do our toenails. (But not while we eat spaghetti. That would be gross.)
No other reason for this rambly blog but to ramble and talk about how awesome my family is.

6 comments:

Jen said...

you are so lucky Gretchen! And your sisters are lucky to have you. Enjoy your time together...and be as LOUD as you wanna be!! xoxo

Anonymous said...

Have a blast - I agree with Jen, be as LOUD as you want! But yes, please don't do eyebrows or toenails while you are eating spaghetti. Yuck!

ctf said...

it's true. Awesome family. Have fun

nanajobx said...

yes it is loud. i still notice. espically when it's quite again.sigh....i love my loud family..(side note..it totally cracks me up when jon YELLS at someone to be quite :)

nanajobx said...

i mean espically when it's QUIET

Tim and Chrissy G. said...

So, I've officially read every post now. I'm WAITING here! Keep em coming already! I haven't GOT all DAY! ;)