We Are Family

So I may have mentioned this once or twice (or thirty times) before, but Jose's family is quite large. This in itself is not necessarily remarkable, until you consider the fact that they all -- and I mean ALL -- live in Corpus Christi. And they love -- and I mean LOVE -- to get together for each and every holiday. And quite a few non-holidays. And just whenever they feel like it, really.

New Years is one such occasion.

When they get together, they all bring their cameras, which inevitably leads to group photos taken in as many different configurations as possible. Case in point? We begin with Jose and his brother, Alex:

Next we need a photo of Jose's immediate family, of course, so we add Grandpa, Rosie, Alex's girlfriend Krystle, and me:

No family gathering is complete without a photo of the aunts (Jose's grandpa had six girls, no boys):

Since the boys are vastly in the minority, let's get a photo of the male cousins with Grandpa (the random guy on the TV notwithstanding):

Hmm, that picture is too empty, let's add in the boy cousins related by marriage:

Better, but still too empty. Let's go back and add in all the aunts' husbands:

Now that's more like it! Ok, time for the girls...

Except we didn't do a girls photo. We would've have all fit into the living room anyway!