family

i am wide awake and i have to wake up in about 5 hours to go to work. i am probably wide awake because i went out to coffee at 730 this evening. i had my mars hill interview today to finish up my membership process. the interview was funny considering it was done by my community group leader who i know quite well. but i am glad all that work is done now.

while i was lying in bed trying to force myself to sleep i started thinking about my family. mostly my siblings. so i thought i would blog about them since i miss them.

this is carissa. my oldest sister. she is marrried to scott and they gave me my beautiful niece grace, who is walking now! carissa lives in spokane and works as a waitress at tomato street. (a family italian restaurant in spokane) she went to school in arizona to become a chef and eventually own her own restaurant! but once she graduated realized she didn't want to own her own restaurant. she is however a amazing cook, she mostly loves to bake. i think she should move to seattle and open up her own bakery then i could be a full time live in nanny for grace! i miss them!

this is aric my older brother, he recently moved to detroit which i hate. he is too far away and wasn't even able to come home for christmas. he moved to detroit to work as a floor manager in the camping department at a sportmans warehouse that my cousin is the main manager of. i think he mostly moved to get away. he used to want to be a chiropractor like my dad and eventually take over my dad's practice, but right now he has put that hold. i think eventually he will go back to it. at the moment he doesn't have a girlfriend which is good because i really didn't like the one he had. for the most part i think he misses home. (he tends to call me a lot more now) he is coming to visit the end of february and i can't wait to see him. i miss him.

this is caitlyn. the baby of the family, even though she is 13 now, she will always be the baby. my baby. caitlyn and i are the closest since we grew up together. she watched me go through all my phases, and watched me get in to all my trouble. however she is the one i worry about most. right now being in junior high is such a hard time. i think she is trying to find herself. but in the meanwhile just doing things because it is the "popular" thing to do. i don't like this very much. i want her to do better then i did. she is an amazing writer for being 13 and wants to be a journalist when she grows up. i hope she goes for it. she plays piano and is also an awesome volley ball player. she actually made varsity this past year, and next year even though she will only be a freshman the highschool coach wants her! i am proud of her, and miss her.