Sunday, June 14

Built-in Friends




My family is just wrapping up a week-long reunion, and since this week's theme at the Cafe is "Friends," I thought I'd share some photos of sibling friends and cousin friends. The first photo is of my cousin Holly and me. I don't get to hang out with her as much as I'd like to because we live on opposite sides of the country, but when we get together we have a great time. She taught me how to wakeboard this last weekend. And those two crazy chicks in crazy hats are my sister and me. For those of you who read Miss Match, the friendship between sisters Sasha and Maddie is based on our friendship. The third photo captures a rare peaceful moment among my three boys. They fight a lot, but they're the best of pals. The one at the bottom is my husband and his brother right after they ran the BAM triathlon yesterday. They work together and play together and don't seem to get sick of each other.

Are you lucky enough to have a cousin or sibling you're friends with? Do share!

8 comments:

Amanda Ashby said...

Wendy - I love all your photos!!

I'm really good friends with two of my cousins. Unfortunately one lives in the UK and the other is in the bottom end of NZ (just before you fall off the end of the world!) but they are both awesome and I love hanging out with them!

nisha said...

I'm the oldest on my mom's side and all of my cousins are like my kids since I feel like I raised them (i'm the oldest by atleast eight years). My sister is like my friend even though she can be crazy annoying sometimes. :-) Love the pics!

<3Nisha

Stephanie Kuehnert said...

Love the photos, too, Wendy!

I have a big shortage of girl cousins on both sides of the family; only one on my dad's side and two on my mom's. However my girl cousin on my dad's side is just a year younger than me and though we were not raised all that close in high school we started being penpals and we got each other through a lot of hard times. She lives in California now so I don't see her or her beautiful daughter nearly as often as I'd like but I still count her among my best of friends!

Stephanie Kuehnert said...

Love the photos, too, Wendy!

I have a big shortage of girl cousins on both sides of the family; only one on my dad's side and two on my mom's. However my girl cousin on my dad's side is just a year younger than me and though we were not raised all that close in high school we started being penpals and we got each other through a lot of hard times. She lives in California now so I don't see her or her beautiful daughter nearly as often as I'd like but I still count her among my best of friends!

Alyson Noel said...

Just got back from a family reunion too--my husband's side!!

Love your photos!

Kay Cassidy said...

You always have such fun pictures, Wendy! I'm lucky that I have two fabulous sisters-in-law. So even though I don't have sisters of my own, I've inherited two of the best. :-)

Lauren Baratz-Logsted said...

Fabulous pictures!

Melissa Walker said...

Nice pics! I have a BFF cousin, and I feel so lucky!