Sister Katie Lee Register

So, my cute sister left on Thursday on her mission. I already miss her more than I thought I would. Weird. I'm going to miss her for the year and half that she's out serving the Lord and the people of Ireland. Some of the things I'm going to miss:

- The Cupcake Tradition: Whenever we went to the store for Dad we would by the hostess cupcakes and eat them on the way home. The tricky part was to throw away the wrappers in the outside garbage can so no one would find out. Half the fun was pretending the people really cared whether or not we got cupcakes. I still maintain that they DO care.

- Bunk Mates: Who else will sleep in your room for a year because her room is such a disaster she can't get to the bed? Even though she did kick me in the head one morning as she was climbing down from the top bunk (yes I have bunk beds in my room). And even though her dirty socks fall down from the top bunk on my face as I'm sleeping. I will miss her talking in her sleep. I will miss staying up late and trying to come up with American Gladiator names for ourselves. (I'm Fury and she's Tempest). It's awfully quiet in my room now.

- Ridiculous Movies: I don't know where else I can find someone who will watch all of the Hillary Duff and Amanda Bynes movies with me. Or someone who will watch High School Musical (in sing-a-long mode) with Jen and me at one o'clock in the morning. Even though the Cheetah Girls movies were absolutely ridiculous and we made fun of them throughout, we still watched them until two o'clock in the morning.

- Newsies: Who is going to be Jack Kelly to my Crutchy? On the way home from church Katie and I would sing along to the Newsies sound track at the top of our lungs. Very invigorating. The best part was we would occasionly get emotional - the newsboy strike was a pretty big deal to us, apparantly ...

- Pep Talks: Katie gives the best pep talks. Whenever I was feeling a bit down I would tell her I needed a pep talk. She would ask on what subject and then proceed to give the most amazing motivational speech! I was always motivated and in awe of her ability to make me feel better. She as usually right, too.

I will miss Katie but I know that she is where she needs to be. I'm thankful we were raised by amazing parents who instilled in us a love of the Lord and his teachings. I'm grateful that Katie has been able to live her life in such a way that she is worthy to serve the Lord. The church is true!