Siblings :)

This weekend my family came from Tennessee to visit me at school.  It was great just to spend time hanging out with them (plus my parents took us out to eat Mexican food...so I really can't complain).  Nick and I took my siblings bowling, played basketball with them, and basically entertained them all weekend.  It was pretty fun, and it makes me realize how much I miss being with my siblings.

I can't lie.  When Chandler and I were younger, we argued all of the time.  I think it was the ages we were, and the fact that we lived in such close proximity to one another.  Chloe and I were really too far apart in age to ever really quarrel.  There was that one time I asked her to leave me and a friend alone so we could talk about something private.  After agreeing, she came into my room, made us close our eyes, and put a unicorn sticker on the forehead of "the person who really isn't being very nice right now."  Guess who got the unicorn sticker? Yep. This girl.  However, in general, Chloe and I get along pretty well.

I guess college tends to change siblings into more of friends. The "absence makes the heart grow fonder" cliche really has some truth to it.  Now that I am in my second half of college, I am realizing that soon real life will start for me, but my siblings will still be in junior high and high school.  Depending on where I live, I may be missing out on some important years of their lives.  This makes me value my time with them a lot more.  I think they know, too.  They seem to enjoy spending time with me more as well.  I really haven't been home for a long stretch of time since before I left for college.  My past two summers have been spent in Michigan working at Miracle Camp.  While that was a great experience, it did make it quite difficult to spend time with my family.

All I can say is, I am thankful they were able to be here this weekend.  I'm not really sure the next time I'll see them before summer, but we had a lot of fun.  I am excited to se them maturing so much, and I hope that we can make a lot of memories this summer while I am in Tennessee with them.