Family & Home

I live in suburbia in Central, VA.  My home is a large four bedroom home on two acres.  We have an inground pool attached to a poolhouse where during the summers we are pretty much until dusk.  We also have a large fishing pond with a dock where we like to hang out and relax.  A few other smaller perks are our grapevines for fresh, yummy, grapes each summer, and our basketball court.  Our yard is large, and we love to be outside enjoying it as much as possible.  

Inside we have a large living area, kitchen, office, and huge back porch where we host all major holidays for our family (about 40 people).

Our community is lovely.  We have such a diverse area; all ethnicities, cultures, ages, genders and sexual orientations.  There is always something to get out and do from festivals, concerts, dining, parks and trails, hometown sports, etc.  We’re pretty lucky to live in such a great place.

My immediate family consists of myself, August, my mother, brother, his wife and two kids, my sister, her husband and their three kids, several cousins in close proximity with them having about 10 kids between them, seven aunts that are like mothers to me, and I see pretty much weekly, and one set of grandparents still alive.  From there, we have some older family that we still talk to and see about monthly, and on all major holidays.  And then there are the family that I choose, my friends.  I have about five close friends, all ages, all races, and they all have kids in their teens down to newborns.  It’s a wonderful life.