Happy Birthday Michelle!

Michelle is my older sister! She is the second girl and 4th child out of the nine of us. She is a spaz and a bit of a clown but that is why we love her! Here are some of my memories of growing up with her!

Since I shared a room with the 3 younger girls, I don't have a ton of young memories with Michelle.
I loved trying on her bras as I dreamed of having one of my own someday.
She was the older cooler sister and I am sure I was the annoying little sister.
She was kind of a mean baby-sitter to us. All the other parents in the neighborhood loved her as a baby-sitter but I didn't! :)
When we did share a room, we pooled our money and bought a tall skinny bookshelf which I have drug all over the country and still have it today!
She did not like when I practiced for my voice lessons. Come to think of it, I think Mom was the only one who "enjoyed" it!
She had this tiny Ford Festiva that our mom called a roller skate. It had speakers in the back that were as big as the car!
She listened to cool music like Enya and ABBA.
She was a rebel child and had a boyfriend Dad didn't approve of but we all did. He was her missionary! Andy was a cool guy and they are still friends as her husband hangs out with him!
We both had missionaries at the same time and we would go to Smith's and spray our teddy bears with the cologne samples so we could dream about our men.
She started working at Smith's as a bagger and we all found it so funny to call her a bag lady.
She is a prankster and has been known to serve friends chocolate covered cotton balls and unflavored jell-o on April Fools day.
We had our first babies one week apart from each other. They were due further than one week but my baby came early and her's was late!

Michelle is a great friend and sister! We both moved far away from family at the same time so we relied on each other to survive. We talk at least once a week and I love those conversations! Happy Birthday Michelle! I don't know if you will see this since you STILL don't have a home computer but maybe Jen or Maria will share their computers!