Looking at the back marsh with Dad…
Hanging out with Ladybug, Dad’s pup…
Eating boiled crabs with Mom…
Buying princess crowns for the nieces…
Watching my year-old nephew idolize his dad, my brother…
Getting to know the little fella, and using one of my nieces as a distraction behind me to make him pose for this photo…
Drinking margaritas with my sister at her kitchen table…
Laughing at my niece MJ skating with, um, one skate…
And capturing her crazy hair in flight with my camera…
Braiding the hair of my other niece (affectionately known as G-Dubs)…
Watching my sister be a bad-ass bass player on stage with her band, Sky Hog…
And then watching her teach G-Dubs how to play her own mini bass…
Freaking out over the Furbys my brother’s roommate stuck under their tree (those things are WEIRD)…
Listening to my grandfather play guitar and not needing to wonder where all the family musical talent comes from…
Driving over to Texas to check out lil’ bro’s new band, Thee Andys, a band in which no one is named Andy…
Drinking a bottle of whiskey purchased at the nearest CVS (ah, how I miss LA liquor laws– um, none) with my friend Nick, his wife, and their cat, Tuesday (okay, so Tuesday wasn’t so much into the drinking part).
the malarkey bin 