I've received a few questions over the past week or two about how my family fits together. Here's my attempt at making things a little more clear - because with a family of more than 20, I know that it can get a little confusing! Especially because now that we live in Virginia again, we're just hours away from my whole family so I'm often mentioning people on this blog + Instagram by their first name. Let's get started!
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Here's a picture of the whole group, taken at our wedding in October of 2011. (It's hard to believe this picture is quickly approaching being two years old. Time really does zip by!) Since then, we've added a serious girlfriend and a baby is on the way... So there you have the whole group, and in an effort to make this as easy as possible, I'm going to break things down a little further.
My parents - Todd + Laureen - married for 31 years this summer. My mom is a stay-at-home mom who home schools the kids while my dad works from home + manages my brother-in-law's gym. (Luke Bryan worked out at that gym one time!) She loves knitting, He loves reading, They love the Outer Banks.
My older brother Zac is married to Heather (whom we affectionately refer to as Ducky), and together they have Charlotte, Zoey, Ellie, Molly, and due-in-July baby #5. He knows everything you'll ever need to know, She is a crafting/homemaking genius, and all four of the little girls love getting Thomas to read to them each time we visit. (Obviously they have mad crazy awesome parenting abilities to have five kids in under seven years.)

Mackenzie, my older sister, is constantly making appearances on my blog + IG feed. We talk each and every day, sometimes constantly, and see each other quite frequently. She's the Nutella to my spoon, you know. Two halves of a whole. You simply shouldn't have one without the other - and if you do - things get messy, and it becomes quite obvious that something is missing. She is married to Joey, who is currently on a two year deployment to Afghanistan, and their little ones go by Jenny, Bob, and Nomi. Their dog is Muffin, who you'll also frequently see on my blog + IG feed.
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Next in line is Olivia - lucky thing is currently traipsing around Ireland in celebration of her recent successful completion of her first year of college. GO GIRL. She's adorable, HILARIOUS, caring, and wears neutrals in a way I can only dream about.
Zane (the one who has snagged the beautiful girl previously referred to as "serious girlfriend") is a hard working, Lacrosse playing cutie. He is a man of few words - so I will leave it at that.
Laney is our resident giggler, and at 13 is rocking her new short haircut. Max. OH, my Max. There are no words to explain you. I hope one day you'll teach my kids to be as wild, funny, and crazy as you are. Last in line is Zelie, who happens to be younger than Jenny + Charlotte. (See above.)
The youngest four live at home with my parents, my older brother + older sister live in the same county as my parents, and Thomas + I live about three hours away. So there we have it! The whole gang. Now, did I leave anything out? xo