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My sister celebrated the end of her 20's by competing with our father in a power-lifting meet.  I decided to celebrate my sister by giving her a giant Unicorn balloon, a card with singing Minions and interviwing her for my first Video Blog.  My sister and I have been through our fair share of trials and tribulations but there is no doubt in my mind; my sister is my best friend.  We do not choose our families but if I could choose I would choose mine hands down.  

Raquel, also known as: Raqui, Rocky, selfie queen, #1 stylist, sauce queen, salsa dancing queen, most likely to be found in the gym or on the dancefloor, and well the list could just go on… is just better known to me as my sister.  When I came to my sister just a few days before filming this we were brainstorming that night.  I am so excited to be presenting to you my first video blog, it is the first of many to come

Happy belated Birthday! Your 20’s may be over, but your 30’s are just the beginning of something spectacular! I love you to the moon and back my beautiful sister.    

Sidenote: Please Excuse my video editing. :) Next VLOG will be much crisper in the editing department!! 


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