My Sisters

I've been wanting to do this post ever since my friend Kristie Gardner did a post about her sister. I love my sisters, and I was spoiled to live in Provo with two of them for 3 years 04-07. It's now been a year and a half since they left me and I really miss them!! Also I've always missed my two little sisters who are still at home, ever since I left 8 years ago. Here's a random picture of the 5 of us two years ago when Katelyn was born.

and here's the Provo-ites before we went our separate ways.
So now I'm going to introduce you to each of them.

1. Allison. She's 24, married to Kent, mother of my only niece Natalie. She and her husband graduated from BYU and now live back east, at least for a while. She is one of the most full-of-ideas, enthusiastic, upbeat people ever. She's so kind and compassionate, ALWAYS helping someone, always ready to give and serve. She's all about DOING things and learning and FUN.
Top 5 things I would love to do with her:
- TALK. I love to talk to her because she thinks more deeply than I do most of the time, and she's always making me think about things differently. Also she's hilarious, so talking with her is always a good time.
- RUN. We both love running, and one of my favorite memories of her is when we ran the Top of Utah Marathon in Logan and it was like 4:30 am and we were checking in for the race and we were laughing hysterically about something, I don't know what. I guess that leads to the next one:
- LAUGH. she has an awesome, infectious laugh.
- I would love to go to a play that she was ACTING in, DIRECTING, or DRAMATURGING. She's great at all of those things, and I've loved attending her events.
-SING- we grew up singing together, and with our whole family. We may not have the strongest voices, but we blend well and it has become a bonding experience for me and my family.
Okay and one more, I love to PLAY with our kids together. I wish we lived close and could have a playgroup.

2. Katrina She's 22 and on a MISSION in Moscow Russia!!! I just love this girl. She had a really tough year before she left on her mission and I couldn't be prouder of how she handled herself. She is one AMAZING missionary, it has been wonderful for me to feel of her strong spirit and testimony and love for people through her letters. She is HILARIOUS, a little rebellious and crazy, and a little blunt sometimes, but usually people just love her for it. She's very hardworking, but she also loves to SLEEP maybe more than anyone else I know!
Top 5 things I would like to do with her:
-TALK and LAUGH, she really is one of the funniest people I know and I really miss talking to her! She's also very complimentary and always makes me feel good about myself.
-SING, once again the family bonding thing. She has a really cool voice too.
- do something CRAZY
- go on MISSIONARY splits with her! I'd love to see her in action.

3. Melissa. She's 14 and a high school freshman! She was my cute little sister, and now she's a gorgeous, fashionable, water-polo-playing, way-cooler-than-I-ever-dreamed-of-being-in-high-school girl! I've enjoyed becoming her friend, not just a big sister, the last couple of years. She is so sweet to my Katelyn and Whitney, and all kids, a pro babysitter! She gets along well with many different kinds of people, is always up for a good time, and she is WAY creative. I've also been impressed with her strong testimony and willingness to share it.
Top 5 things I would like to do with her:
- TALK, LAUGH, and SING, same! She is really fun to talk to, always has a good story to tell. I love her laugh, and I need to sing with her more because she has gotten really good at it lately. She may end up being to best singer out of all of us!
- GO SHOPPING. Seroiusly this girl has great fashion sense. I need some tips, and I usually hate shopping, but I'm sure she could help me out.
- Do some kind of ART project. I have a hidden love of arts and crafts in me, and it would be fun I think to go out with some easels and paint something with her! Or make a pot or something, I don't know, it just sounds fun.
- Watch a CHICK FLICK.
- Watch her play water polo! I need to see that eggbeater in action!

4.Jenae! She's 11 and she still IS my cute little sister. Well, not so little, she really has grown up in the last couple of years. I just love her for the sweet buddy she's always been to me. Jenae is very loving and thoughtful. It seems to me that she's always had a lot of faith and been close to spiritual things. She is optimistic and fun and like a lot of youngest children I think, she loves traditions and having everyone together. I am excited to see more of her talents and personality as she keeps growing up so fast!
Top 5 things I would like to do with her:
- RUN- she's a running girl after my own heart, she's loved it as long as I can remember!
- PLAY with my kids- she's closer in age to my girls than to me, and Katelyn quickly recognizes her as a fellow young person whenever we're around my family. They will continue to have lots of fun in the years ahead I'm sure!
- TALK- she's good at asking questions about my life and how the girls are doing, it's cute.
- LAUGH and SING too, those really are the best!
- WATCH Michael Phelps swim, she's a fan :)

Okay that took forever, no time to put more pics in, but I love you my sisters! As that saying goes, A Sister is a Friend Forever!!!