Family-The Joneses

When I’m at home, I don’t spend as much time as I should with my family, and since I’ve been here I’ve realized just how important my family is to me.  I am excited to go home so I can spend some quality time with them before I head back up to Logan. 

I’m so grateful for my dad.  He’s always willing to help me with things.  One of my favorite memories with him is when we learned how to fix my car breaks together.  He is so good at fixing things, he finished our awesome basement, grows us a great garden every year, and is always helping the boys out with their sports.  He’s a great dad.

I love my mom.  She always wants to help me with everything.  She wants to know every little thing about all of her kids’ lives.  She’s the best at being a mom.  I’m grateful for her love of cooking and food, that’s one of the things I definitely got from her.  I love phone calls from her, because I can always count on a funny story from home, involving the crazy children.

…which I can also count on from Lacey, that girl is so funny.  She’s also pretty bad at communicating with me, but the occasional phone call I get from her always has me almost in tears from laughing so hard.  I have so many memories with her, growing up she was the best little sister, she would do anything I asked her to.  Now that she has grown up, she is one of the best friends I have.  We don’t always get along, but overall, we’ve become good friends.  I’m so proud of her, she is a great sister. 

Then there’s Holden, he is such a character.  He can’t resist the urge to bother everyone, and somehow has the knowledge to know exactly what to do to drive everyone to the point of insanity, it’s kind of funny.  But there’s a lot more to Holden than that.  He’s the brother that would wake up each morning to scrape my car windshield, so I wouldn’t have to do it before going to school.  He is somehow so sweet yet so much fun.  He will always have my back.

Oh little Easton.  I remember when he was younger, he would always get to angry.  When Lacey and I would babysit, he would chase us around the house, and we’d be so scared we’d lock ourselves in our parents’ room.  Now he is so calm and mellow.  I love going home and watching Chopped and other Food Network shows with him.  I also love that he loves Harry Potter as much as I do. 

And so does Isabelle.  I was concerned at first that Isabelle did not like to read, but then she picked up the best series ever written, and has since fallen in love with reading.  I am so impressed, she knows so much about Harry Potter, she is so smart.  She’s also the odd one out in our family who loves animals just as much (if not more) than she loves people.  She’s always collecting bugs and snakes, buying crabs, and loving our little puppy Merci. 

Finally, there is Merit.  I never know what to expect from that child.  He might just be the smartest of the family.  At age 9, he’s watching all sorts of weird science shows, and asking science questions that I have never even thought about.  While he is smart, he is also crazy.  He’s always running around, screaming, and doing crazy things with his friends.  Sometimes, he drives everyone in the house absolutely crazy, but at the end of the day, we all love him!

And let's not forget Merci, she's the cutest little dog ever, I'm glad we have her too.  

My family is a crazy bunch, give us 5 minutes in the car together, and you’re sure to have a fight.  But we all love each other, and I am so grateful for them.  I wouldn’t want to be a part of any other family, and I can’t wait to go home to all of them!  They’re the best in the world.