My family is great. On my dad's side, though, I am kind of an awkward middle child. My cousins are either way older than me or my little brother's age. Growing up, I was so not going to hang out with my brother, so I tried to hang with the big kids. I wanted to be just like my cousins Jenni, Cathy and Nicole. They are all tall, thin, cute with almost no makeup on and perfect! Jenni and Cathy are dancers. I tried so hard in my dance lessons but, holy crap was/am I awful at dance! I have no rhythm and no grace. Trying to be like my cousin Nicole was much easier. (Although, there's no way I can fix not being tall like her and the others) She played sports and I loved going to her games. I felt so cool being able to say she was my cousin.
     However hard I tried, though, and while they're all great and really humored me as a kid, I never quite fit in. As I've gotten older, (ie now that I can finally go out with the big kids) I'm getting included in some pretty cool things! My cousin Jenni entered into a contest with a photo of her, my cousin Cathy, my cousin Nicole and my cousin-in-law Michelle. The contest people loved the photo and asked for them to submit a video. The contest is for an all expenses paid girls trip to the Bahamas and they asked me to go with if we win! I'm beyond excited.
     What could be more perfect for a group of girls? If we win they'll follow us while we snorkel and scuba dive and get spa treatments and all those wonderful things you do on an all-expenses-paid trip to the Bahamas and make a documentary and use the material for promotional ads. Here is the link to the video my family made (I'm not in it, but I can tell you my cousin Jenni's tips: lighting and makeup, lighting and makeup!!!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GZcwqpUAiBA