I love this family.

 The stars (or should I say, the clouds?) aligned on the morning 

of our family photo shoot and we had misty diffused light, perfect for portraits. 

I snapped this one with the self-timer. Do I look a little out of breath?

And it all started with these two, thirty-eight years ago.

 ~Mom and Dad (a.k.a Mimi and Topper),

still crazy after all these years~

 ~my littlest sister, Carrie, her husband Stephen, 

and their kiddos, Molly, Oliver and the youngest of the bunch, Charlotte~

These girls were cooperative little models.

~ my sister Christie and her husband Jeff

with Julia, Dominic and Carrie (Diva) ~

These boys are great buddies.

~me (Laura) and mine, Scott, 

Elizabeth, Jack and Van~

 ~ happy girls ~

~the older cousins~

~Mimi, Topper, and all the grands~

~chillin'~

~the stinkers, these were the stubborn ones, 

but as you can see they cheered up in the end~

 Love 'em all.