we met when we were 14 ....
we were the new family in church & she had all our names memorized.
i remember going to their house one night and she invited me to her room -
i'm pretty sure she talked non-stop about all sorts of people i hadn't met yet & things i didn't know yet : )
but i remember leaving thinking i had made a friend ... a really great friend.
i don't really know how exactly ... in a lot of ways we are so completely different -
but all these years later its even better.
we've survived the up & down, bad fashion & very bad hair styles, little sisters, stupid boy trouble, trips away from home, growing up, real boyfriends, weddings, childbirth stories & babies, potty training victories and chicken dinner disasters .....
its incredible that we live 7 minutes down the road from each other, that our husbands get along & that in the last seven years there are 8 kids between us.
her friendship is one of the dearest things in my life -
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her birthday was last week and it all worked out to show up & surprise her for a night.
i kicked myself for not bringing my camera & rex wondered what i would have taken a picture of ....
really?!! : )
i would have taken a picture of the pearls around my wrist & the flip flops in my hand.
i would have taken a picture of the ocean & the waves & the sand.
i would have taken a picture of the look on her face when she recognized it was us walking toward her.
i would have taken a picture of the guys flying kites.
i would have taken a picture of me falling over trying to fly the kite.
i would have taken a picture of her sleeping baby.
i would have taken a picture of the smiles.
i would have taken a picture of her high heel shoes on the staircase.
and that was just the first hour ....
i had to nearly bribe them for this one : )
i know you read this, you are so very beautiful in so many ways, thank you .... for it all ~
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in other super exciting news - look who showed up : )
yay & more yays!
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