Some of my favorite memories with my sister are...
Switching up our bedrooms when we were younger! Whenever we had a vacation from school Ashley and I would always trade rooms or combine our rooms! Sometimes we would decide that my room would be our "study and dressing" room since we would put our dressers and desks in there. Then her room would just have our beds. I think most of the time we would switch back to normal not long after. I think there were also times my parents would come home with a bed on the stairs-we would get worn out and stop-thats what dads are for...right!!
Road trips...when we moved from KC to Topeka when we were in high school (her) and middle school (me) we would take little road trips to KC to visit friends and shop. When were in college we would take road trips to Texas to visit our friend Jamie. After Ashley graduated she went to Texas for several months and I even made that trip on my own to visit her once.
TV-when we were in elementary school we would always race home to "call" who got control of the remote. That was in the day when there was only 1 TV in the house. I knew if she got the remote we would have to watch sports or Jerry Springer-or something along those lines. If I got the remote she knew she would be stuck with The Brady Bunch!
Cooking...when we were younger Ashley and I would experiment some in the kitchen to try and surprise our parents, back then it never turned out too good! These days we still like to cook together. We get together for holidays to make treats-it is always a lot of fun!
Our differences...I always played with dolls, played school, all the girly things. Ashley always had her nose in a book. She would read all the time. She would finish a book on the car ride to our grandparent's house and I would use her as my pillow and sleep! If she wasn't reading she was watching sports. My sister is the biggest sport nut! When I went to Vegas several years ago I got her a licence plate that said, I would rather be home watching sports center, and it is so true! Which brings me to my next one...
K-State Football!!!!!!!! When I was a freshman at KSU Ash was a junior. I went to every game with her and some other friends. At that time I knew NOTHING about football! That girl taught me all I know when it comes to touchdowns, first downs, fumbling, turnovers...trust me there is still a lot for me to learn but I know the basics! She was very patient and a very good teacher. She even taught me the fight song and all the wonderful K-State traditions. While talking about that fabulous school we are both alumnus from... I was so lucky to have Ashley at K-State when I was there. There were so many times my freshman year she would come over to help me with algebra and biology. She would come over just to do flashcards with me. She was so helpful and cared so mush about how I was doing with school work.
Another favorite one from our college days were our weekly dinners. Her and I would have dinner every Wednesday. It was that little thing we did every week to catch up and just hang out. As adults we still do dinners. Before we were married we started dinners every Wednesday and traded off houses each week. We continued this for several years. It was just last year that we changed it to every other week-things get so busy but it is a time I always look forward to ( Ash, lets do our house next week!).
Ashley is also an awesome aunt! She loves Dylan so much. He is one lucky guy to have such a wonderful aunt. She takes care of him when ever needed, takes him shopping and best of all bakes with him! She is quite the baker and whips up some yummy treats!
I love you Ash! Happy Birthday-sorry it is a few days late!
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