introductions

So this blog is all bout my life as the eldest of 8 kids... 

It's cRaZy and chaotic but fun and wonderful and we're so blessed and happy!! 

Soo the fam consists of our lovely, wonderful parents and then it's

•  me
•  Anna- the organized, baker && my parnter in crime and merriment. Elle est quinze (15) ans. 
•  Thomas- accident prone, adventurous 13 (almost 14!) year old & my co-adrenaline junkie 
•  Peter- slightly lazy (in a good way), sweet 12 year old..my late night ice-cream bud
•  Lucy- precious, competitive 11 goin on 21 year old...if you need to know something about anything anyone in the house is doing, talk to Lu!
•  Then there's Jane, the sassy, creative & horse-obsessed 10 year old
•  Sam- the MOST ADORABLE, serious, gun-loving little 6 (almost 7! AH) broski 
•  finally baby Weezy- Louise- the princess of the house and most precious, spoilt, funny little being anyone's ever met...she's probably got the most personality out of the whole bunch! 

We've also got 2 precious, chubby labs: Annie and Sally, and then a cat: Peaches- the primadonna, and (Mom's favorites) the fish.... 

(We used to have quite the zoo, what with the 8 kids, dogs, cat, fish and then 2 rabbits, a guinea pig, and multiple random lizards...unfortunately those have all passed away and we're (to our disappointment) not allowed any more pets until Mom stops rejoicing when they die!!)

if we had one of those stickers on the back of our (12 passenger) van it would look like this...

...it's exactly the "American Ideal".. ya know 2 parents, dog, cat, 2.5 kids OH WAIT..multiply the kid count by 4, dog by 2, mix in a lil commotion and THERE you are.. One not-always-perfect, crazy, loving, funny American family. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. GUARANTEED.