another birthday

i need to be better about acknowledging everyone's birthdays. just a sidenote.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA MARIE ARCHER MOREY


what a cute child

Sara and I have always been very similar. I started high school right after she graduated, and I remember writing a paper about her in choir at the end of my first semester. I wanted to be like her so badly--to sing and cheer and act and do student council. She was such a fun big sister to Kristie and I, playing "Salon" with us and reading us Harry Potter when it wasn't even popular yet. I loved her friends and always wanted to be included in the high school parties. She was always a great big sister and let me join the party, even her slumber parties in middle school. We used to joke that I was her mini-me because I literally wanted to do everything she did.
Well, we've grown up and come into our own...at least I have gained my own identity. But I still look up to her so much as the woman, mother, wife, teacher, friend, daughter, and sister that she is. She is funny, thoughtful, creative, talented, friendly, spiritual, focused, fun, and motivated. She still looks out for me to this day, giving me dating and friend advice and SO much help and insight with teaching and lesson plans.

I got to spend a lot of time with her little Morey clan the last few years when they lived in Utah or were home in Colorado for the summers and I loved it. So much.


I really miss going to their house every Sunday and having that family so close. Those Moreys mean so much to me and I am so grateful for them in my life. Last year we sang "Love at Home" for their Mother's Day Sacrament meeting and it was so so fun to sing with those two. Seriously one of my favorite memories from last year. (You can find a little not-so-great-but-better-that-nothin video of it here). Sara was the one who taught me how to harmonize, sitting with me at the piano playing "Nearer, My God to Thee", pointing out the alto line for me to sing. I love that great sister of mine and I'm so glad she was born 26 years ago. Our family is so blessed to have her.