Happy Birthday RaeAnn!

So I just want to give my older sister RaeAnn a holla. You can find a better tribute, to this girl I am lucky to call my sister, here, but I am going to attempt at it. I couldn't even begin to narrow down the resasons that I feel lucky to call her my sister. Whether we are on a road trip, shopping, chatting in a ticket to ride game, at church, or just hanging out at home it is always a party to be around her.
As a girl, I always idolized RaeAnn. How could I not with her outgoing, fun personality, good looks, and quick whit. Growing up RaeAnn had all the attention of my friends. If one of them was over, they always wanted to see what RaeAnn was doing, or have me ask her to hang out with us. If she wasn't home they wanted to use her makeup or read her journal (sorry RaeAnn) Any boy I had a crush on in middle school and high school were always more interested in my her. Even though jealousy definitely erupted at times, I was proud to have such a cool sister, and I couldn't be more excited than when she would teach me a cheer dance, or let me go with her to a friends house or shopping. Once she left for college our relationship took on a deeper level and I really looked forward to getting letters or emails from her offering advice and support for different things in my life. We had the best time when we moved to Boise and she moved in with us to go to school there. For the first time I felt like we were on the same level. I could borrow a sweater without remembering exactly how it was on the hanger so she woudn't find out. We would shop together, and visit each other at work. She would talk to me about Pauls mission and listened when I needed to vent about things. No matter how crazy life got I knew I could come home and just be myself with my sister. She helps keep our family connected, and took a huge load of responsibility when my mom passed away by taking care of us, cooking, and helping dad get all the Christmas/birthday shopping done. Now we are seperated by four hours but she doesn't let it keep us from talking on the phone. Usually all 450 minutes of my cell phone plan go to her. She is so much fun to visit. Her house is always so clean and she stocks her TV recorder with favorite or funny tv moments. She has the best games to play with Thomas, and always has a million ideas of things we can do together, even when I am lazy and want to stay in PJ's all day, she still makes it fun. She is an amazing worker, whether it's 2, 3, or 4 different jobs she is juggling, she always rises to the Employee of the month position. She not only can juggle many different jobs at once, but also different roles in my life. Whether I need a friend, sister, or mother figure she is there. I feel so lucky to have her in my life. I will never be able to repay all the things that she has done for me, including planning my wedding and dealing with BRIDEZILLA!

I love you RaeAnn, Razor, raebabe, RB! Happy Birthday!