Family.

Basically I just love my family. They are the best. And I can't wait to see them, well some of them this weekend! It's their Spring Break right now so my parents and probably just my younger sister Ainsley are coming down to visit.

My dad is kinda crazy I guess you could say. He's pretty funny… But he's just weird. I remember watching Recess as a kid on Saturday mornings… As a family we went to Recess the Movie when it came out in theatres. My dad thought it was just the greatest thing ever. So since then he loved watching Recess with us whenever it was on. I also know that my dad's favorite book is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sandek. I love the one too. My dad is also pretty funny when he impersonates Heimlech the caterpillar off of A Bug's Life. I have no idea how he does it.

My mom is so sweet. We didn't get along in high school, but now I think it's just because we're so alike… Now we talk and when I go home on weekends I like to hang out with her. She is an elementary school teacher. This year she has a second-third grade split class. She is amazing at her job and she loves it, most of the time anyways. The only thing I wish I could help her with is cleaning the house and what not. She works so hard at her job and my siblings just aren't very much help to her and so I just feel bad that she has to put up with it. I'm sure I was the same way growing up, but I still wish that one of my siblings would realize that even just emptying the dishwasher or sweeping the floor is a big help to her.

My favorite older brother Andrew. Well, he's got that easy because he's my only older brother. I love him! It's weird that growing up we basically never spoke unless necessary and then it was only minimum words… A few weeks into his mission I got a letter from him saying how much he wished we had had a better relationship and how he wanted us to be close from there on out. I bawled reading it. But ever since then it's been great. We emailed every week of his mission and I was there for him when things got tough between him and his ex… Now that he's back we don't get to talk a lot since we're both crazy busy with school and he's working, but when we do get the chance it's always a good one. Today we talked about how he took Dennise on a date and things might get serious between them. It's weird to think that, because I think Dennise is a senior in high school…but maybe she's my age…I don't remember! Either way, I'm happy for him! Dennise is super cute and her family is absolutely amazing. It's only too bad that she lives in Cali and he lives here in Utah haha

Austin. He's ripped. As a middle child he's pretty well at blending in. He's quiet and hides in the basement when he is home. He's always working or at school or working out or doing something with lacrosse. It's always fun to come home and see him though. One weekend he came up from behind me and poked me in the sides. Another time we went to a movie and just hung out. It's fun now that I'm not at home that I can kind of cultivate my relationships with my siblings more. It's probably easier because I don't have the tension of living with them…..that's horrible but the truth.

My lanky younger sister Ainsley comes next. She is beautiful. She's just this skinny little twig of a girl who is like 5 foot 10 inches. Where she got her height from I don't know. But I'm not too jealous. She plays lacrosse too and as far as I know she loves it. She's extremely quiet, but around her friends she likes to laugh a lot. Me and her aren't super great friends, but I'm trying to work on that. It was rough when I was home over Spring Break and she went to hang out with her friends instead of spending time with me.. But what can you do when you're 15. But tomorrow it's her sweet 16! I'm excited for her. She hasn't taken driver's ed yet though, which is probably a good thing, because she's extremely distracted and that makes for not a great driver.. I'm sure she'll get better though. Or at least I hope she does.

Avery and Aimee. They come as a pair. And even though they're not twins, they could be. Avery is almost 11 but he could pass as a third grader probably. He's just little for his age. Aimee is 9 and just a diva. Together they are absolutely horrible. Sometimes they can get along, but I swear they just bug each other and scream at each other and just annoy everyone else around them. But they're cute. Aimee sleeps in my room since I'm not there anymore and she's just a mess. But it's cute. I think it was over Christmas break that I noticed a goal on my wall. It said "Goal: Save up to go to Disneyland" Adorable, right? I thought so! Avery is just growing up, so although I said he could probably pass as a third grader I'm really not sure anymore. He's probably grown and could be as tall as me by now. Who knows! Avery is an amazing athlete, especially at baseball. He's on a competition team right now I believe. I wish I could be that good at something. And Aimee is just Aimee. I love those two little end children though. Even though the majority of the time I'd say they drive me crazy.

And that's my family. We're pretty cute I guess J haha Mostly we're just the Simon's though. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love them so much and pray for them daily.