She’s the one you’ve known forever. The one you go to for honest advice and genuine support. The one who accepts your quirky little habits and understands you in a way few others can. She’s the one you can call at any hour–to laugh or cry or complain… The one whose voice has been there all along, sharing secrets and dreams and singing your song when you needed to hear it most. She’s the one who can read your mind, hear your heart, and love you just the way you are. She’s your lifelong friend…but so much more. She’s your sister.
Today is Carla’s birthday. Let’s relive a bit, shall we?
The weekend of my high school graduation. We partied like it was 1999, but really it was 2004.
The night before I flew to Uzbekistan. We had both been crying in case that wasn’t obvious.
Christmas 2005. Cool sisters coordinate their outfits, including bras.
Carla and I went to Europe in 2006. It was the best vacation I’ve ever had. It was hilarity at its best and we tripped around Europe like we owned the place.
Living it up in London as royalty.
Obviously, strange things happen to us when we’re on our yacht on the Coralville reservoir.
We like to mimic bad couples photos from the ’80s.
We both love Buckeye football and use black, sparkling eye shadow to portray this.
We are notorious for making things as awkward for photographers as possible.
We might, maybe, possibly, with just a hair of a chance be a little bossy sometimes too.
We took a spur-of-the-last-minute trip to Niagara Falls one weekend in the summer of 2007. It was a riot.
Our love for the Buckeyes runs deep enough that we brave rain to watch them play…in the spring game.
Thanksgiving 2007
Christmas 2007 or maybe 2006. This one was lost in the shuffle of photos…
In preparation for our stint on The Amazing Race, we tried rock climbing. Didn’t go so well, but we felt like champions nevertheless!
In 2008, we did City Chase Chicago. It was…memorable.
New Year’s Eve 2008 was a riot with our own karaoke in Carla’s basement.
Two nights before my wedding at a bridal shower. We are super tan (and a little orangish) because we just had a spray tan 4 hours before this.
My wedding day with my two sisters as my two bridesmaids, April 2009.
Shopping for (and finding) Carla’s wedding dress, January 2010 (almost exactly a year ago).
Iowa wedding reception, Memorial Day Weekend, 2010.
And, in case you’re wondering what happened before my high school graduation, I’ll just tell you that there are photos, oh yes, but that was back in the film age, before digital, so I don’t have them on my computer. They are glorious. Sometime I’ll have to show you.
For now though, I want to wish Carla a beautiful, happy birthday. I am blessed with my family and I’m blessed with my sisters. Carla, in case you don’t know how much you mean to me, just know that you’re the best friend I’ve ever wished for. I love you, truly and deeply.
Little sis, E
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