Wedding Party #1

Our Matron of Honor is my sister Stephanie Hicks. Steph and I are only 17 months apart so we grew up fighting all the time but now she is one of my best friends in the world. We've had our ups and downs, like all siblings, but in the end we both know that we are sisters forever and that is something that is a lot stronger and lasting than any silly argument. I have a ton of funny stories that I could tell about us growing up but I wouldn't even know where to start.

One of the most re-told stories of our childhood has to be one of the funniest too. I know that at the time it was quite upsetting to our mom but now even she laughs about it. One night, we were approximately 3 and 4 years old, our parents were watching TV in the living room and Steph and I were in the back room playing by ourselves. We were in my mom's sewing room and there was a swiveling desk chair that evidently reminded us of the chairs in beauty shops. We decided to play beauty shop and for awhile we pretended to cut each others hair using our fingers as scissors. At some point we decided that wasn't enough fun so we broke out the real deal. We worked hard for quite awhile and then once we were finished and proud of our work we ran into the living room to show our parents what we had done. I don't really remember our dad's reaction but I'm sure that he laughed. My mom cried, and cried, and cried, and cried some more. We didn't really understand why she was so upset because we thought we had done a fantastic job. Needless to say we were taken to an actual beauty shop the next morning to try and salvage what was left of our hair. Some of my favorite pictures of us growing up are post-haircut.

This picture was pre-haircut by several months but it's my favorite picture of us from our entire lives. When we were growing up our parents were photographers so there are a lot to chose from. The progression of this photo shoot is the best because you see us not really paying attention and then goofing off and having fun and then after we got in trouble for goofing off there are pictures of us crying. It's the best!