The World's Best Sister

I feel like you all know my sister, Rachel, because I talk about her a lot and her home shows up on my blog a lot. Well, did you know that she's got a birthday today? Well, she does. I won't tell her age, but I will tell you she is 13 1/2 months older than me. We have been bosom buddies our entire life. Never have we gotten mad at each other (except when we were still at home and I wouldn't keep my side of our room as clean as she did hers.) We have remained best friends our whole life. I can talk to her about anything. And when something good or bad happens, I always need to talk to my big sis about it. This is one of my favorite pictures of me and Rachel. She was around 3 and I was around 2. 

We both had those natural ringlet curls and thought our Daddy walked on water.

We were forever playing house. We could play dolls and dishes for hours on end. 

We soon grew to have two brothers, Jack and Andy. All four of us are still really close.

Lots of fun out in the yard when we were growing up. Jack was a couple of years younger than me so we all had lots of play time. She's probably going to shoot me for the bathing suit pic.

Andy came along when I was almost 10 and Rachel was almost 11. We may not have gotten to play much with him like we did Jack, but we did spoil him as we got older and he was still little.

Rachel and I have always been close to Mom just like we are to each other.

I cherish all those sister moments, when it was just the two of us doing things together. Of course they were rare since we had five kids between the two of us so we rarely did anything without the kids until we got older.

She has been my best friend, my buddy, my pal my whole life. I just can't imagine what life would have been like without my beautiful sister. She always has a smile ready for anybody and I don't recall ever seeing her in a really bad mood. I love her with all my heart. I hope you have a very happy birthday, Rachel.