FOR CAILYN PILAR

It's amazing to think that just ten years have passed since those days at the teddy bear picnic eating teddy bear shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches with the cruse cut off, and every May getting all dirty mudding the old church together. I remember that performance "Runnin Bunnies" that you so willingly volenteered for to help Mrs. Susan, and I remember how much fun I had watching you (and Seany) up there performing in your fabric ears and painted on noses and whiskers(you made a great "bunny teacher"). I remember laser tag and high tech hide and go seek code names. ("stephanie, the raven is sitting on the windowsill eating flies" (meaning emily was on the run?)) I remember the hours we spent on the trampolene (no idea how to spell that by the way) jumping and jumping, and that time we put the sprinkler under it and had a water day of slipping everywhere!!! There was that one winter when we built that huge sea turtle on top of the trampolene (i still have no idea how to spell that word) and dyed it green with food coloring. And that time we dressed up in funny costumes for no reason and walked over to Marialana's (spelling?) house and tried to make a movie. In Durango at that beautiful lake you taught me (by example, on your OWN leg) how its easy to remove a leech using the salt from a pretzel. We have some hilarious, fun memories together, and I have been constantly reminded of you here in Finland, (like when my Biology teacher asked me if people in USA keep those Japanese fighting fish as pets.....I thought "yes they do, and my best friend has one named 'Hooker"). Yeah, we have faught over different things throughtout our friendship, but hey, thats what sisters do, and they still love eachother no matter what, they're not supposed to agree on everything! who wants a twin that thinks exactly like them! really! We need to learn from our sisters, and believe me, I have, and no I dont only mean that leech incident at the lake either! From salsa and swing dancing on friday nights and going to musicals at prep to skiing and sailing/kayaking, we have had SO much fun, and in only 150 days we will have MORE fun! I miss you like crazy girly, and I cant WAIT to go visit you in college!!! We have servived SO many BBQs together with our ENTIRE family present, that I can honestly say we will be friends for life, and today she turns 18.

ps- Cailyn loves life. Cailyn loves HER life.

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