My Family.

- March 19, 2017

Hey guys,
Today I wanted to gush about my family. So I'm gonna.

My family is small, so small in fact that I could list them all here and still have only written two lines.
I used to think this was a huge downfall, that happy families are big families that have lots of parties and have second cousins once removed (what does that even mean?!).

This however, is false.
My cousin recently got married at the end of February and the whole thing just confirmed that my family, as small as it is, is amazing and I love them all.

My mum and dad are so great, they are protective but their moral compass is so much straighter than mine and they will tell me when I am wrong, I always thought that your parents should always be on your side but that never helps anybody and I'm glad to learn from them, my mum is and will forever be my best friend, this shows in the fact that even at 22 i'd rather do everything with her than anyone else and I tell her literally everything, making her laugh is one of my favourite things ever.
My dad is a proper dad. He's shouty and grumpy but he's so cool, I was such a daddy's girl as a kid and all I wanted was to have tattoos and be able to draw like my dad and I'll always be my dads angel (I am the fave, haha).
My brothers (all three of them) are annoying as heck, they drive me insane every single day and whenever anyone asks I always say 'He's an annoying little shit as usual' but my god I wouldn't swap any of them for anything.
They make me howl with laughter even when they aren't trying to be funny and even when we fight and argue every single day, if I am upset they are the first ones to offer to beat someone up (My younger brother) or to give me a hug (My big brothers pretty good at that last one) and some times they need a little help from me (My littlest brother) and I enjoy being their sister (and jumping out at them from behind walls).

Now, my extended (?) family comes mainly from my mums side as they have always lived so close and I have never really met any from my dads (I think they just live further away).
My mum only has two siblings, my aunt and uncle.

My aunt is amazing.
She has been one of my best friends since I was born, my mum even used to get a little jealous of how much I just adored her, she was my person. the one person you just want to think the world of you and I lived to make her proud.
I still do, she's one strong lady and god is she funny as fuck.
Her husband (my uncle) is so lovely and warm then there are her children (my cousins) who aren't really children anymore, Daniel was the one getting married, Kelly is his sister and Jake his youngest brother (He's in his 20's).
Dan is so grown up, always has been, he took care of us as babies and for as long as I can remember he was everything to me, I would jump at him and make him carry me around all day just so no one else could go near him and I made it very clear to one of his girlfriends that she was not welcome to my precious Daniel (luckily, he found Tara who is now equally as precious to me).
Kelly is love personified. she has so much for everyone in her family and is always happy to see us all, her little boy is probably the cutest child I have ever seen and she is just so unapologetically herself which I admire.
Jake is my soul mate, we are the same person we get on so well and he just is my kind of person, he is sarcastic, witty and I could sit and talk to him for hours on end without trying to figure out a way to excuse myself, I think he is so cool I adore him and I know I'm probably too old for this but god I want him to think I'm cool too.

My uncle is, I really want to say eccentric but he's not so much that as he is outgoing.
He is cool, confident, artistic (so bloody talented), funny, kind but he's also protective and a little bit old fashioned (I swear he's actually a 70 year old man).
I love showing him my art work , my music collection, my books, anything that makes him talk to me about things, his life or weird conspiracy theories about The Beatles.
I wanted to be so much like him, I wanted to be an artist because of this man and because he is so enthusiastic about my photography, my paintings, my work I still aspire to be even half of the person he is.
His daughter is a little tomboy, she's so strong and quiet but when she talks she can be so funny, I have a feeling she's going to grow up to be just as cool as her dad.

I'm going to shut up now and put some photos from the wedding here for the mems.