Letter jacket

Today was the day that Stephy finally got her letter jacket. They were ordered before Thanksgiving and were due by Christmas but it took till now for them to actually arrive. Don't ask why everyone in charge has a different excuse. She was hoping they would be here soon and her cousin came in to 6th period wearing his so she went off to locate hers. The school buys the jackets but they must pay for all the upgrades which she did with her own money. She received the jacket because of the "Posse" which is the spirit team. She also has a debate patch and will order a National Honor Society patch. She looks so cute in her jacket and we are proud of her.

Crazy twin thing

There are some days when these two drive me absolutely batty. They can be each others best friend and ready to rip each other apart all in the same day They are alike in that they are both well behaved at school and good students. Their teachers also say they are both creative and amazing writers. At home they can be so different though. Ally gets her stuff done but she can really argue a point. Matthew needs to be prodded and he is quite the comedian.

The danger is when they are on the same wavelength. It must be a twin thing but sometimes the games they play only they understand even after they explain the rules to us. They still rely on each other during thunderstorms and like to bunk down in the gameroom together on the weekends. This picture is from their strong person contest the other day. They took turns carrying each other around and then compared their muscles. It was such fun to watch them be silly together that I will be so sad if they outgrow this.

Steph's birthday

Wow, she is 17 already. Wasn't it just yesterday she was learning to walk and eventually talk. She has always been a very outgoing child. Her quiet parents wonder where we got this very animated and completely open girl. We love that she is so secure in who she is, definitely no self esteem issues here. This morning she took 4 large balloons to carry around and a tiara to wear. I pointed out that she would be very noticeable all day and she said of course that is what I want.

We have been talking a lot about colleges here lately. This coming school year she will be a senior and it is so hard to picture her moving on. She is an amazing student and we are very proud of her. She is a little flakey too but no one is perfect. Happy birthday baby girl.