Day 5 - Your siblings

To my mom I'm an only child, to my dad I'm one of three.  That's the beauty of half brothers and sisters.  I get the advantages of being an only child but I still get to have brothers and sisters to talk to and confide in.  I have a brother, Ben; a sister, Jennifer; and a sister in law, Sundy.  I love them all to death and couldn't imagine my life without them.

These are my sisters.
Jennifer (in the middle) has been everything from my babysitter, to big sis, to advice giver, to therapist, and anything else you can think of.  She has been there through thick and then and even though we have a pretty big age difference we've grown much closer as I've grown and matured.  Jennifer helps me handle a lot of  situations because she's usually been there before.  She knows exactly what to say and encourages me to do what I want and to say what needs to be said.  We've been through sooo much together and I can not imagine life without her.  Who else would have been my babysitter, watched barney over and over again, talk me into washing my hair when I was little, be my best friend, be my big sister, and help me keep going when I'm down?

Sundy (to the left) has been part of the family for four years now and as far as I'm concerned she should have just been part of the family all along!  I was ecstatic the day my brother called me and said he had asked Sundy to marry him.  She is the sweetest! Sundy has always fit right in with the family and been happy to become part of ours.  I'm always calling her to catch up and talk about everything.  She is so supportive and wants to help you accomplish whatever you want.  Sundy is so great, and without her who else would keep my brother in line? :)

I can't even believe I found a sort of recent picture of us, Ben hates pictures.

Ben is my big brother and he does all the duties of that job just fine, maybe even a little too good! He may have been a little disappointed I was a girl, and said I looked like an alien in the sonogram pictures, but I know he loves me all the same.  Ben and I don't talk super often, but when we do we're usually laughing and trying to catch up on lots of things very quickly.  We enjoy all the time we spend together even though it's only a couple times a year.  During his summer visits we like to drive to the beach so we can sit there for 30 minutes until Ben gets bored and we leave so we go to Willie's his favorite! Ben is very good at being protective, but at least I know he's always got my back no matter who it is.  But he does like to try to scare my boyfriends away by telling them he's been to prison, which no one believes anyway!