Melissa Wilstead

DECEMBER

TENNIEL TURNER

(aka T.T., t-bug, T., my cousin, my other half, my mini-me, my sister, my best friend)

 this is tenniel! absolutely beautiful, I KNOW! 

(sorry boys.. she's taken!)

oh and i'm just going to be calling her "T" from here on out!

 she's a cheerleader at Millard High (in Fillmore Utah)

 also a dancer and sport player! softball to be specific.

sound familiar?

yeah... she's my other half! and possibly (if she'll let me call her) my mini-me! but only by one yearish! 

yes, i know we don't look a ton alike... maybe not at all to some, BUT we are just alike! we have both been dancing since we don't know when. i was a cheerleader and she is now! (not saying she followed me by any means, but she's a year younger in school and such so she just comes later) she plays softball, i would have played a sport if i could! her school is just small enough for her to be on all three teams at once! we LOVE to ride our horses and talk about boys! yes she has a boyfriend and maybe i don't... but i mean come on!!! who wouldn't want to love that face!??

you see... "T" lives in kanosh. said, kanosh and i'm sure you're wondering where in the world this little town is... it's by fillmore to clear everything up. 

any-who, that is TWO HOURS away from me! (in saint george) tenniel is my dad's younger brothers daughter and we are almost exactly one year apart. her birthday is september 20, 1993 and mine is october 15, 1992. 

when i was little i would spend quite a grand amount of vacations and such in kanosh with my daddy! and ever since me and "T" were little we have been pals. not just because we are cousins... but we just seem to get each other! 

at a young age we fought like sisters, did her mom's dirty work together, and when she had chores to do, and i was wanting to play i'd help her get them done. we had sleepovers, rode our horses, played with our american girl dolls (almost everyday), helped grandma, bossed our little cousin brady around, and so much more! we did everything together and we've been super close as we've grown up. the best part about mine and "T's" relationship is that we have grown up together instead of grown apart as we have gotten older.

there are so many funny stories with us that i couldn't even begin to write. we are always laughing and it's the greatest thing to see each other after so long. we always made up the funniest stories, or tried to make her mom mad (in a funny way). we are always in tears from laughing so hard or crying because we won't see each other for a while. yet when it comes time to seeing each other again it doesn't matter what's going on at that moment and time we are so happy to see each other! i remember a few years ago.. maybe it was last year, that Millard was playing football in a town close to saint george, and tenniel was cheering so my parents and i went to watch. as we got there we found my aunt and uncle and sat down. not to long after i was hopping the fence to see "T" in the middle of the game (not to mention in the middle of a cheer) NO BIG DEAL! like i said... we're pals, and always will be!

this girl is one of my all time favorite girls in this world. she is one of my life heros and forever will be. "T" is thee most kindhearted girls you will EVER meet. this is no joke! she is always looking to help and is always complimenting someone. i learn from her ever day. and although we don't see each other as much as we used to, or as much as i would like... when we do see each other again it's the greatest thing in the world!!

love you tons my dear! see you soon!