Blog Challenge Day 5: My Siblings

My goal today was not to make this blog too long as I am tired but still want to continue writing.  However, the topic is my siblings and since I have 5 of them, we'll see how this goes.

Favorite Memories With My Siblings:

• Lindsay taking Snickers, my dog,  around the living room when we were moving.  She realized we were all sad to be moving from the house and announced, "come on Snickers, let's make a memory."  She then had snickers prance around the room like she was a prize show horse.  Snickers took on the challenge despite her homely looks.
• Michael wearing his short green shorts at inappropriate times and feeling the need to bust out in dance moves
• Rachael getting picked on by a guy in the youth group.  Her response: "You, you dumbo!!!"
• Amy going through a profanity phase as a toddler
• Christy and Amy singing Kareoke
• Cutthroat DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) competitions
• Silly dinner time conversations
• Throwing wrapping paper at Dad on Christmas instead of throwing it to him
• Secrets.  Not the fun kind.  The kind where a sibling gets really close to you in your ear and breathily says "I've got a ssseecret," while letting spit fly freely
• Hiding food in the fridge with notes like "Do not eat upon penalty of death" just in case someone found it.  
• Getting surprised with a dog not once, but twice in our lives
• Dressing up Michael as a girl when he was 2ish, and then seeing him dance around the living room while Dad yells for him to take it off
• Amy being the best baby whisperer ever
• Going to the story with Christy as a baby and pretending to be her Mom
• The death of Blueberry, our "precious" blue parakeet.  Afterward, Michael requested blueberry pie, blueberry muffins, and blueberries in general. Amy was less than pleased
• Michael stating on a car trip "I love horses.  They taste delicious."  Again, Amy was less than pleased
• On a different road trip coming up with titles for inappropriate childrens' books.  Among the many were "Comet Cleanser tastes like Kool-Aid"
• Rachael effortlessly doing her dance moves from dance class around the living room while I asked her repeatedly, "do it again, except slower this time."  
• Lindsay reading Leviticus 22:24 to the whole youth group when our youth pastor asked her to share a scripture verse.  Go ahead, look it up.

All in all, as I am thinking of these memories a big smile comes across my face.  However, at the time time it is bittersweet.  The sad truth is that we are all growing up.  The family dynamic is changing.  I'm married.  Lindsay is married.  Rachael moved over an hour away.  Michael is a senior and most likely will be going out of state to school next year.  Amy is a teenager now and growing up into a young lady.  Christy is 9 going on 25.  We have changed.  Life is moving on and we are creating memories of our own.


I have been blessed with many good memories, more than I could count.  Most of my memories include my siblings.  My Mom was right all these years: "Friends come and go, but family is forever."