Average Teenagers: They Are, in a Way, Not Good

So on Wednesday when I went to take the PSAT, Matthew was asking me to remember and take note of all the kids who were texting, skateboarding, hanging out with their boyfriend/girlfriend, sitting on a bench with someone of the opposite gender, skating on their heelies, chewing bubblegum, or involved in similiar "unseemly" behavior. (Although I'm still not quite sure why chewing bubblegum is unseemly. Anyway) Finally, Mom said, "Matthew, I'm sure she'll let you know about any average teenagers she sees." But apparently that didn't satisfy him-- he wanted to walk in with us. And today, he wrote something on his blog about average teenagers. Actually, his friend Reid wrote it, but he gave Matthew permission to put it on his blog. You see about a year or so ago, Matthew was on quite the kick about what he as deemed "AVERAGE" teenagers. He wrote to parents, "If you think that you may have an average teenager don't let him hang around other teenagers who may influence him to become average." So now Matthew's friend, Reid, started his own book too. On average teenagers. He says, "Average teenager are in a way, not good." Yep. It's that profound. I love what they're written! So if you want to know what two getting-close-to-teenager boys think of average teenagers, go to: http://everyone-is-upsidedown.blogspot.com/2010/10/chapter-1-average-teenagers-who.html

Grace, the cutest sister, from 2005-2010

The Last few days, while looking at pictures, something struck me. I have the world's cutest sister!!! Okay, it's struck me before ;). But I decided I needed to blog about it.

So... here's what I'm doing. I'm posting 8-13 of my favorite pictures of Miss Grace Hannah for each year since we've had her, excluding 2005 because I only have two pictures of her on this computer (And yes, I went a little overboard in 2008 because we went on vacation. So expect a few more there!). So, back to 2005, I'll post those two because they're awfully cute!!! So anyway, if you're reading this, please comment on your favorite for each year and your favorite overall! I'll tell you, it was hard narrowing it down to just a few per year, we've taken so many pictures of that little girl! Oh, one more thing. If you have a lot of pictures saved of your younger siblings, I'd encourage you to do something similar to this! It's so fun looking at all these sweet photos and I think I'll do this for Titus soon. :)

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God bless!

Rachel