Sweet Sixteen....

It was my best friend's birthday on Sunday. Rachel is now Sweet Sixteen! Rach and I have known each other since we were at least two (the earliest photo we've found of us together was at her 3rd birthday, which is posted down the bottom:) ). That makes 13-14 years of history! She is the oldest in a family of four kids, is also homeschooled, and has always been there for me. When we were younger, she was always the peacemaker between me and another friend of ours. I wish I could say she was the one that got me into trouble, but I think we both had equal parts in that! Like the time we tried moving her little brother without our mum's hearing us, and almost dropped him (and got caught). We would've been about 4 at the time. I'm not sure which of us thought that one up :) Or the time we went down to the creek near my house, and Rach fell in while we were checking the depth of the water with sticks. We got her out, and then she sat by the creek while I rode my bike back home, sneaked into the house (not easy to do with 8 people in the house), grabbed a towel, and rode back down to the creek without anyone seeing me (I was too scared of being caught to feel any pride at this accomplishment). She borrowed a top from me that was similar to hers to wear to church that night, and when she got home that night, she told her mum what had happened. Me, on the other hand, I kept it a secret for years and never told my mum. Well, not until now, anyway (sorry Mum!:) ). Rach and I have heaps of memories and photos.

Updated to add: This is the photo of Rach and I at Rach's 3rd birthday