Sisters...

Family is weird. Sometimes you don't know just how special they are until they leave.  My sister, Hailey, and I never got along -EVER (other than when she was driving me somewhere and I had to be nice to her.)

Photo courtesy of my grandma.

This past summer my sister left for The University of Kansas. The last few weeks she was still at home, I wanted nothing more than for her to leave but then knowing that I wasn't going to see her until Thanksgiving made me miss her a little more and more each day. 

One go the amy American Girl Dolls
Photo courtesy of our mom.

5 great things about having an older sister-

1. She has to drive you anywhere you want.

2. She upgrades the family name.

3.  She doubles your stock.

        (My sister and I were big American Girl Doll collectors. Every

        Christmas I would get one and she would get one. Right now 

        we have a stash of 13 useless $100 dolls, desks, books, 

        scooters, and and an endless amount of clothes.)

4. On occasion we were allowed to do "sister bonding" activities.

5. She's your personal life guru.

The week leading up to Thanksgiving I was missing her more than I had ever missed anyone before. All I could think about was what I would do with her and how we would spend the week together. We had face-timed and texted but other than that I had not seen my sister in person for three months, one week, and two days. My sister walked into my grandparents house, in Newport Beach, about an hour after we did. My sister and I were SO excited to see each other but our excitement wore off by dinner time. As I said before, we NEVER got along and that streak continued. By the end of the break we were sick of each other.

Hailey and I last winter

Volleyball! Volleyball! Volleyball!

High school volleyball ended and that means tryouts for club!

On Wednesday, November, 12 at 10:37 pm the results for club tryouts were posted but the time leading up to it was super stressful!

On Monday and Tuesday I tried out for a 15s Select Team for Club V. (This year they changed the teams around and decided to add a new group. The order of the teams you could be on are Club, Comp, Elite, or Select.) I didn’t go into tryouts very confident in myself because the girls I was competing against for a spot on the select team were more athletic, taller, louder and had better skills than I did.

My elite team last year after winning the qualifying tournament in Reno, Nevada.  

On the first day of tryouts, 43 girls were pushing for a spot in the Select pool. They didn’t tell us how many girls were going to be on a team or how many teams they were going to make. I was expecting three teams because of the level of the girls and the amount so I was telling myself that I just had to be in the top 30. They slowly took girls away and told them to move down to the next court. At the end of the second day they ended with 26 girls and told us they were going to make two teams and they would be posted at 10:00 on Wednesday. At this point I couldn’t be more nervous for the outcome.

The whole next day I couldn't stop refreshing the Club V website. My friend and I, from Park City, were both trying out for the team. I was kinda doubting myself on making the top team because everyone at tryouts was SO good!

I wouldn't say it was worth the wait but I was on cloud nine knowing the results!  I made it!!

More of my team last year!