September Simple Pleasures #7

#7. Moments with Family

I come from a family of 11. Five boys and six girls. You may think my parents are crazy. But let me tell you, I love my family. We're all adults now, the youngest being 25 years old and the oldest being 45.There are currently 33 grandchildren. The oldest is 24 and the youngest is 3 months old. We aren't without typical family drama, but when we get together it is so much fun. Loud, crowded, children everywhere, adults practically shouting over one another to be heard. Heaven.

This weekend we were all together except for one sister and her family. She totally missed out.

Here's what a typical Baggiore family weekend entails:
*Lots of swimming
*Men going shooting
*my Mom making 3 crockpots full of food for Sunday dinner
*baking
*Michigan Rummy
*babies being passed around
*toddlers toddling
*preschoolers playing pretend
*school-age kids playing the wii
*the men-folk outside talking cars
*Some sort of drama going on
*Restaurants not having enough rooms to seat all of us together
*Late night movies/snack runs
*No room to move or to sit at meal time
*Me not taking pictures because there's too much craziness going on.