The Meyer Family

my family is insane. all the time. whatever it is that we are doing, we always make sure that we are having fun. we don't take too much that seriously and we always joke around with each other. well i shouldn't say my entire family, just my moms side. she was the oldest of 4 and they are all very close. my moms parents live across the street in the house she grew up in, her brother lives behind her and her 2 sisters live opposite ways down that same block. so it shows how close they were and ant to continue to be. we have a habit of playing pranks on each other so last year when we were at my aunts for a family dinner during christmas time me and my mom played the best prank. my aunt had her christmas tree up with a lot of ornaments, most them being those icicles. so me and my mom decided to hang up tampons on the tree to see how long it took to tell them apart from the actual icicle ornaments. it took her until she was putting the tree away to realize. so that is just a preview of some of the shit we do to each other. being the oldest grandchild in my family, i was the guinny pig for almost everything, and now I'm more of an aunt to all of my cousins because the age difference is about 12 years. i kind of like it though, because i have 12 younger kids, including my siblings, looking up to me.
one of my cousins just had a costume party for her first birthday. and being the crazy family we are, we went all out. my mom does absolutely EVERYTHING for us and she got us everything we needed. we decided to be the addams family and not to brag, but we were the best at the party. i  don't even know all of the names of the people in the addams family, but by our picture i can tell it was the best impression there could be. the relationship with my family is crazy and i know that but i would do anything for any of them and they would do anything for me, even if we had argued a minute before. being away at school, even though I'm not far at all, it is so different not having them around. i miss the loudness and the bickering and the tattling and our dinners together, thats why i try to stop home and surprise them as much as i can. i wouldnt ask for anything more.
but in the beginning when i said the relationship was with my moms side, thats because we haven't spoken to my dads parents in years. its actually sad and pathetic and i could not even tell you the real story as to why they ignore me and my 4 amazing brothers and sisters. but they are the reason as to why i am so against abusive relationships and domestic violence. my dad had to watch his mother get hit and screamed at growing up and he left the house when he was 18 because of it. my grandpa, who clearly had issues with being the only one in charge, took my dad leaving very personally and now they just do not speak. its sad, but its my grandparents loss. my parents made 5 beautiful, respectful children and its like we are not even alive to them, so they aren't alive to us. but enough with this its starting to piss me off. just take a look at what my parents have raised and the fun we have together, either as the Meyer Family, or the Addams Family.