I love this free-spirited, loving family. Life with four kids can be difficult. But it can also be beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It can look like this:

Or like this:

And if you have a kid who’s desperately trying to fall into the pond, it might look like this:

And if you have a special child, it might look like this:

And if you really really really want just ONE family photo, sometimes it will look like this:

If you have some natural climbers, it might look like this. Show offs.

If you have a goofy Dad and ticklish little boy, it may look like this:

And if you have a kid who is always climbing something, it might look like this.. (Where’s Waldo?)

And for a little while, it will look like this, until Dad comes home.

And no matter what happens, it will always be like this.