Happy Birthday Sister!

This post is a day late, but better late than never!!!

My sister Lauren is my BEST FRIEND! She turned 27 years old yesterday...so crazy that she's that old. Not that that is old, but...you know what I mean. Lauren and I have been close our whole lives. Our mom always used to say, "No matter what happens you and your sister will always have each other". Sometimes I think my mom thinks that backfired on her because she was right, we've always had each other. Lauren and I talk about EVERYTHING, EVERYDAY even. There seriously isn't a day that goes by where we don't at least text, call, or IM chat (which is really what we do all day everyday).

My sister is 2 1/2 years younger than me. My mom and dad used to tell me that I was "Laurens' mouth" for most of her younger years. She was just really quiet and shy. Probably because I was REALLY none of those things. She didn't stand a chance LOL. But she was my little Lauren.

Lauren was probably about 2 here, I was about 5. I'm bummed this is the only picture I have on hand from when we were kids, the rest are in storage!

We grew up in Brea and in this awesome neighborhood where all the kids would ride their bikes and play together in the streets. Probably like every other neighborhood back then, but we loved our street! We would play in the front yard together, on our playground in the backyard, with our barbies it was awesome. I just remember having so much fun with my sister, I probably did a little bossing around from time to time to...I know so out of character for me.

As we got older of course we had times where we couldn't stand each other, but overall we were still really close. I think every family who has sisters goes through a time in their lives where they aren't as close as they used to be...I think it's called being teenagers. But I remember when I graduated from high school and I went to college, Lauren used to come over and spend the night. We had a BLAST! Probably too much fun!

Lauren graduated from high school in 2001 and went to the Art Institute of Costa Mesa. She graduated in 2004 with a bachelors degree in Graphic Arts Design. She's super talented! Seriously I think the creativitly skipped me and went all to her! She is amazing.

Lauren is an amazing person. She is so sweet, kind, giving, beautiful, strong...sometimes a little flighty. But I love that about her. I love the fact that we can look at each other at whatever moment and know EXACTLY what the other person is thinking, and then we crack ourselves up about it. I'm so thankful that Jude has an amazing Aunt to admire and he loves her so much. I'm so glad that our parents reminded us constantly that it is a special thing to have a sibling, it's even more special to have a sister.

Happy Birthday Sister! I love you!