Two posts in one day, I know! But I actually have stories to tell today. So all my life I think I've been fairly reserved about the size of my family. Whenever someone asks me how many siblings I have, I answer the question and almost prepare myself for all of the comments of "OH MY GOODNESS!" "From the same parents?" "Any adopted?" "How old are your parents?" "How old is your oldest sibling?" "Can you name all of them?" etc....I've always wanted to be proud to say "Yes, I come from a family of 12 children, the best family in the world" but whenever I mentioned the size of my family, I would just quitely and quickly say the number and try to make it seem like it was nothing because I didn't want people to over react and make it a big deal since I don't necessarily like the attention...sometimes anyway. :)
But yesterday, as I shared the news of my sister having her baby with my coworkers, it finally dawned on me, I'm now an aunt of 41 neices and nephews (36 from the Randalls and 5 from the Haines side)! That is truly amazing, especially at the age of 25 and gosh darn it, it should be something I'm proud of because I truly am! I love all of my neices and nephews and they make me soooo happy!
So GOSH DARN IT!! I'm Proud of my HUGE family! I wouldn't ever wish to be a part of a different family! NEVER!
5 comments:
Thanks for sharing that, Alissa. You're awesome.
Sorry Victory had such a crappy night, but what I'm really sorry about is your batch of cookies! :)
Good girl. I have 7 siblings and I often got the same reaction. 8 kids isn't that many... but you know. Sadly I don't have nearly the number of nieces and nephews... not everyone married and had kids right away. So YAY for your 41. That is splendid.
Wow, if I were your sibling, niece or nephew you would be in trouble for not being high and proud to talk about me! haha
You goof! You rock!
Wow people ask you some wierd quesitons. I think it would be so fun to be in a family that big. Aunt of 41! Thats alot! Im an aunt of 10 ( from bryces family) and I thought that was alot.
Love ya! Come to Utah!:)
I think that I liked your old background better.
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