Our Family Aridoes

Well we know how to laugh dont we honey

We laugh so hard the whole day turns sunny

I look at this long line of blessings we grew

And somehow they are ours every wild one too

Never thought we would get this far not back at the start

When the triplets cried all night and near tore us apart

Corvin screaming first Keldric right behind

Durgo kicking blankets like he had lost his mind

But even then even tired even sore

I held those three and thought honey maybe a few moreThen Evelynn came shining our first little star

And blink suddenly we are on stage thanking folks from afar

Maelin tugging my sleeve Rolan falling again

Jessa waving like she owned the whole crowd right then

And the house felt too small walls pressing in tight

So I built one more room then two then all night

Then I added again till it felt like a store

Shelves full of children and still building moreThey say we are the largest in Assenia sure

But really honey can we just have a few more

You whispered that soft the night the triplets were born

Three crying at once till we felt halftorn

But you smiled through the mess through blankets on the floor

Saying honey just a few maybe a few moreThen Evelynn arrived shining bright as the dawn

And Maelin and Rolan and Jessa were not far along

Halen brought home a cow

Issabetta brought home a friend skunk somehow

Norsetta and Gavyren made a river trip nearly end

And Maelin slipped in after them trying to help her friend

And you sighed that sigh I had heard once before

That same old whisper just a few maybe a few moreTwentyfive later mud tracked over the floor

Vaylen climbing rafters Orren running out the door

Fairlynn reorganizing the pantry by color and feel

Pelian losing his shoes in a cow chasing ordeal

Leeviye painting the dog in bright morning hues

Tavin starting mudball wars that made headline news

Wryan singing too loud Alisca turning heads

Seara adding dragons to every tale she spreads

Xaren thinking too long Ulia glowing once more

And someone left footprints clear up the front doorYorrin tried to be a knight but the tree won

Braven declared himself king before breakfast was done

And little Quina the youngest ruling the floor

Pointing her tiny finger like mama a few more

Remember the waterfall slip the cow in the hall

The day Gavyren rode a barrel straight into the wall

The river that swept boots the storm that shook the shed

The night all twentyfive refused to go to bed

And we laughed oh we laughed because joy filled the hall

And somehow our hearts still had room for it allThis home that we made filled with love wall to wall

With laughter that shakes every beam big and small

Supper is an ordeal a battle a quest

But somehow we manage and call it the best

And every nights chaos but chaos we choose

Because loving this family is the life we refuse to lose

So heres to the laughter the mess and the crew

Well mama and papa

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