Family Rules

 Love each other:
 Dream big:
 Try new things:
 Share:
 Be grateful:
 Know you are loved:
 Do your best:
 Be extremely cool (ok, I made this one up):
 Help each other:
 Laugh at yourself:
 Thank you so much! So good to see you all again and meet baby Joven!
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