This Is My Family...



















We are not Italian Plumbers.

Nor are we porn stars.

We don't have our own Reality TV Show.

Half of us did not choose to be here.

Half of the time, the other half of us, wishes we were somewhere else.

We fight.

We cry.

We laugh.

We hug.

We kiss.

We forget.

We remember.

We all love pancakes and bacon.

Sometimes I think about what it would be like if my family wasn't here.

It scares me to death.

I wear a shell, like a turtle or a snail. My shell is invisible but it's there. It's made of love and it protects me, just the same.

There's nothing more important than my family.

If aliens landed on Earth and they wanted to know the true meaning of family...

I would show them that picture and say,

"The mustaches and hair are fake. We were just messing around. You should watch Different Strokes. That's the real deal."

Then we would Out-Number those green, little, pricks and annoy the shit out of them until they went home.

Comments

  1. JennyDefxMarch 3, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    Adopt me.

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  2. Mocha DadMarch 3, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Nice family. Better 'staches.

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  3. MaxMarch 3, 2010 at 9:26 PM

    Nice, real nice. And classy. Keep it up! LOL

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  4. Melissa P.March 3, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    i love your family too!

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  5. SaraMarch 3, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    What a hawt family!

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  6. Barbara EhrentreuMarch 3, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    Love the mustaches!!! Family's the best, but maybe you need a vacation from each other every once in a while.:)

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  7. Toddler Knows BestMarch 3, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    Me and my family took these pictures with our Mustache-of-the-Week package. I wore Sunday: light brown to match my auburn locks. Somehow that 'stache ended up on my forehead. Aliens must have been involved.

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  8. A Daft Scots LassMarch 4, 2010 at 3:31 AM

    Wot u talkin' about Willis?

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  9. Teacher MommyMarch 4, 2010 at 7:09 AM

    Love. *sigh*

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  10. CormacMarch 4, 2010 at 7:35 AM

    Which one of them is you?

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  11. Rob MonroeMarch 4, 2010 at 7:54 AM

    Love the post - but have one question. When you punch a brick, do you get a gold coin? :o)

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  12. JaysDadMarch 4, 2010 at 8:32 AM

    Sweet!

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  13. Scott S.March 4, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    Dude if my kids see that picture they are going to want to meet you cause they will think you are Super Mario and family. And where is Luigi?

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  14. AnonymousMarch 4, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    But you could be Italian plumber porn stars, right? Plumbers and porn stars have something in common--they both snake the pipe and they do it until the pipe is completely clean. I'm just saying...

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  15. JamesMarch 4, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    The family that dresses like Italian plumber porn stars together, stays together.

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  16. jayslilsisMarch 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    very cute! next play dress up w/ the disney princess costumes!

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  17. CarenMarch 4, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I'd be lost without your family too! Love u all!

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  18. SuldogMarch 4, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Mmmmmmmm. Pancakes and bacon!

    Did you say something else?

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  19. HarrietMarch 4, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    You could also make a new video game, Mario and Luigi adopt Gino and Roberto...Donkey Kong, Mafioso style! You wanna throw barrels? Let me introduce you to my leettle friends...

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  20. JennieMarch 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Pancakes and bacon? I love your family now, too.

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  21. SabreenaMarch 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    I think this was one of the sweetest posts I've read yet. I like how you described your families love like a shell. Melted my frozen heart.

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  22. GabrieleMarch 4, 2010 at 7:24 PM

    That plumber on the bottom right - is the epitome of Take it or leave it.
    Awesome...

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  23. LisaMarch 4, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    Man, you are one-hairy ass family! Do you all carry that werewolf gene?! LOL

    You are truly blessed.

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  24. SurprisedMomMarch 4, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    Love the family. Love the mustaches. Love the post.

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  25. MartieMarch 4, 2010 at 11:48 PM

    I think we may be related...I have a few family members with that same 'stache.

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  26. MrsBlogAlotMarch 5, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    You are the best!!! You always get me with your bacon, pancake, mustache coverup.

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  27. UnknownMarch 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    Seriously awesome.

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  28. Sarah FaderMarch 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM

    I love pancakes and bacon and Luigi (From Super Mario Brothers) mustaches.

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  29. john cave osborneMarch 6, 2010 at 2:36 PM

    well put. before you explained that the mustaches and hair were fake, i was in awe of the uncanny resemblances. conjured up images of george forman. no. his family didn't all look alike, but if i'm not mistaken, they all got the exact same name.

    whachu talkin' bout, willis?

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