Family is important to me. Like, super important. My cousins are more like siblings to me, and my siblings, well they’re more like extensions of myself (cheesy, I know, but true).

Last summer, almost one entire side of my family was in the same place at the same time (a small miracle, since we cover about two thirds of the United States). Well, I’m not the sort to take that sort of situation for granted, so I hauled out my tripod and camera and somewhere wrangled 26 people into one frame. Mikey and I are the couple in blue and cream sitting on the ground, for those playing Where’s Heather.

I can’t wait until I’m able to do the same with the other side of my family (though, luckily, it isn’t so large).