Teenagers!!!

Is it just me, or am I getting OLD? All of a sudden, a bunch of my nieces and nephews are TEENAGERS!!!!! Where the heck did the last, oh, say, 10 years go? It is fun to see them growing up and coming into their own. They each have such different (and hilarious) personalities. I remember so very clearly when I was their age and it seems like "life" just happens so fast from there on out. I was thinking about them this morning and wishing that I could hold them there in their sweet, funny, innocent states...but then I thought about myself at their age and changed my mind. Who wants to be stuck in High School forever? NOT ME! I tucked tail and ran (to the altar, mind you) a month after I graduated! And my life has been much happier ever since! (But if any of you teens are reading this - Don't even THINK about serious dating until AFTER your missions! I mean it! Yes, that means YOU!)

Anyway, I just wanted to dedicate this post to some freakin' awesome teenagers in the fam...(I didn't have a picture of Dusty to add to this post, because I didn't see them on Chistmas Eve when I was wielding my camera! But I do believe that he is freakin' awesome too...and has great taste in literature, by the by. Michelle and Shakierra aren't teens yet (thank heavens!) so they're not pictured either, but are equally wonderful.)

Myles...need I say more? He's posing as a Christmas present :)

Sierra...of the beautiful hair :) Come to think of it, she's posing as a present too!

McKenna...of the tall genes. What would I give to have long legs like her? A lot, I tell ya! A lot!!!

Quote of the Day:
"When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot." ~Larry Lujack

I loved this quote because I actually blew up the transmission in my first automobile...a '90-ish Ford Ranger. Ahhhh, those were the good 'ol days when my Dad fixed everything for me :) Thanks for pulling me through those years dad! Love you!