Meet my Family! Part II: The Siblings

Here ya go! Part II of Meet my Family! Time to introduce you to my siblings.

My Sister: Rachel
Some of you may know about my sister (I know you do, Faith LOL). Rachel is sixteen, almost two years younger than me. We call her "Rach" or "Ray" for short because we are too lazy to say "Rachel" :P

Rachel's biggest thing is music. We both love music and have been doing musical stuff since we were little but Rachel definitely has the greatest talent. She can play just about any piano song if she sits down and works at it. Almost two years ago for our final piano recital (when we stopped taking lessons from our old teacher), she played "Defying Gravity"from the musical "Wicked" (It's an amazing song and Idina Menzel sings it. You should listen to it on Youtube sometime!). Our piano teacher didn't make us pick your usual classical or sacred songs for recitals, she let us choose whatever so Rachel chose this song and totally blew away the audience. Rachel plays a little violin (she took lessons for a time but the teacher moved away and we've yet to find a new teacher). Rachel has taught herself some guitar and can play chords to a number of songs. She plays the organ and plays in church almost once a month (she helps give the other two regular organists a break). She plays in the handbell choir with me and sings in choir. Rachel sings special music with me and sings solo sometimes. She sang her first solo in church when she was only thirteen! Whoever was scheduled for special music at that time couldn't make it so our assistant pastor asked Rachel if she wanted to sing and she jumped at the chance. She left some of the congregation in tears at her beautiful song. Rachel is a "second soprano" in choir which means she sings soprano (melody usually) unless we have a ladies trio part, then she gets to take the middle note. She is the "leader" of her part in choir. Most of the second sopranos look to Rachel for help finding their notes. Our choir has "leaders" for every part...I guess most churches are kinda like that....comment below if you know if your church choir has certain leaders or not. I'm curious to know now!

Rachel is really creative. She loves art projects, drawing, painting, making things, sewing, you name it, Rachel's tried it! We have a small room in our house that used to be the nursery when we were little squirts and was then used for storage but now it's the craft room for Rachel and a recording studio for me :D We fight over the use of the room but we're learning to make it work.

I'm the biggest goofball in the family (Okay well it's probably a tie between me and my lil brother) but Rachel can be a goofball too. (Faith, you understand) We always stay up the latest in the family and sometimes when it gets really late, we get really silly together. We make funny videos together all the time and goodness, if I get married and she makes a video presentation for me...I'm in trouble!

My sister really loves little kids and is popular among the little kids at church. She enjoys helping in nursery and children's church and she's good at it. I enjoy helping out but I am not nearly as good with the kids. I think I actually scare the kids...Rachel loves to bake and cook and she is often found in the kitchen helping the ladies making food for fellowships at church.

My Brother: Grant
My little brother is thirteen. We call him the "G-Man" (family name. All of the boy cousins have this type of nickname: B-Man, D-Man) We call him "G" and I sometimes call him "Son". I don't know how that started but I call him that and he answers to it. Although one time when we went out to eat, the waitress thought he was actually my son................................so I don't call him that out in public where others can misinterpret it anymore. And Grant started calling me "Grandma" too so...yeah bad nickname choice.

Grant's biggest thing is sports. He has a sport for every season it seems! Spring and Fall is soccer season for him. He plays on a travelling league and he's a great player, one of the best (Not that I'm biased or anything :P) He sometimes plays basketball in the winter. My entire family is a fan of football so at family gatherings, we often end up passing football together. Grant and I throw the Frisbee around sometimes too.

Grant also loves his Xbox! If he isn't playing sports, he's playing Xbox. He likes Minecraft, Disney Infinity, and FIFA Soccer and NBA games (I don't know what they're called exactly. I just know that he takes up the TV when I want to watch my shows!)

Grant is a really good kid. Whenever we are out in pubic, people always comment how good of a kid he is. He is kinda the "leader" of the Youth Group boys right now. We have about six faithful boys who are a part of our Youth Group and all of them are older than Grant but Grant is a leader kind of person so many times he's the center of attention. Grant has a heart for others and can be a "tough guy" but also has a tender side to the needs of others.