Flamin' Hot...

This is late, due to a busy week, but I wanted to post something in honor of my Loo's 20th birthday. (Plus she's never gotten a post.)

Aunt Loo-Ping-Bell, I love you so...thanks for being one of my bestest friends. When we first became friends you were 9 years old and very short. Now you are taller...and twenty. You really have grown into a beautiful, smart, godly, amazing woman. I'm so glad that we've gotten to spend the past 10 years together. I don't know what I'd do without you!

So, here--just for you---is a list in no particular order of reasons I love you:

• You jump at every crazy scheme I think of, as if it's the best thing ever. (Making it look like someone peed in MB's truck bed, being Harry Potter mega-fans then leaving, dressing up like boys--or old grandma's in Target, dancing with trains, having skewer fights in your house...and more and more.)
• You have round, gumball-shaped toes.
• You stink at Twister.
  
• You and I always find delight in the random little things, like miniature churches, or taking pictures with unusual...or usual things.
• I have more pictures of you than anyone else ever. Cause you looove getting your picture taken and sometimes join in to them uninvited.
• You love the Lord and desire to live life for Him.You talk about what you are learning, and are humble and open about what is going on.
  
• You were my NW. We Zondervank. And are foreign immigrants. And climb walls. And are the Romanian Scooter Team. Hail Ghost Caroline!
• You are my personal fashion consultant, source for closet-shopping, occasional arm or leg-waxer, champion thrifting partner, opinion-giver, and boring day-lifter.
• We have so many songs we love to belt out, dance to, and do our car interpretive-dance-arm-motions to...and you don't care when people laugh at it.
• We are the bestest dance partners ever...especially after the last wedding.
• You are my maid of Scandalous Tidings...and therefore understand my swimsuit and cute underwear obsession.
• Food. All sorts, all the time. (so long as we aren't looking in your pantry...) And you are never ashamed to go back for seconds with me...or thirds.
• You make me laugh so hard I fall on the floor.
• You love people--all of them. You teach me not to judge others just cause they seem awkward or different. You always find something to talk about or something to do with anyone.
• You help clean up the dishes...and it's your pet peeve.
• You are my favorite (non-Tyler) sleeping partner cause you cuddle with me...and you are really funny when you're tired.
• You tell the most interesting stories. And have the most interesting experiences.
  
• You are a terrible driver and make me carsick. (But improving...)
• You give me free Starbucks, nearly every time!
• You just understand... And I can talk about anything in life with you.
  
• You mooch backrubs.
• I could go on and on...life with you is just too much fun!

And because I have so many pictures of Britt...I had trouble narrowing them down. So, she gets a big fat slideshow. (Narrowed-down is a relative term...please don't sit and watch the whole thing!)

Two and a half days...