How lucky am I?

While we're on the subject of girlfriends, I'm going to take a second and just say how much love I have in my heart for all of my amazing girlfriends.  First, they take me on a fun trip to Vegas. 

Next, these sweet, thoughtful, beautiful friends throw me a cute bridal shower. And my amazing new sister in-law surprised me and flew in from Vegas so she could be there!

My darling cousin even drove down for the festivities.

And these beautiful ladies, who I've been friends with for ages, also came out to join us! It made me so happy!

I felt so much love from everyone who helped out and showed up! I loved every minute of it.

Next, 2 of my darling friends agreed to do my hair and makeup for the wedding, so we made an excuse for all of us to get together again, so we could do a 'trial' hair and makeup evening. (Not like we needed an excuse- but it makes our men be a little more understanding.) And eat food and drink, of course.

Then, when my friends aren't celebrating ME, we still decide to get together for no reason at all.

Sometimes we just go spend the night in Park City. (And get photobombed.)

 Sometimes we go to concerts.

And see pretty rainbows.

Sometimes we just get together. Just because. (Gosh, I love these girls.)

 Then sometimes we get together because it's the 4th of July.

And sometimes, we just get together and forget to take pictures. Last night we just sat around playing board games while we ate, drank, and laughed. It's always a good time, no matter what we do.

I really don't know how I got so lucky to have such amazing women in my life. They are all such incredibly strong, independent, smart, kind, and beautiful ladies and I feel so lucky to call them my friends. Every single one of them.

A post of random musings.

Today I will share with you a smorgasbord of thoughts, facts, events, etc.... basically whatever I feel like sharing with you. Because this is my blog. And I am entitled to do so.

- SPRING IS HERE AND I LOVE IT!!

- Planning for a wedding can be stressful, time-consuming, and expensive. So, we decided to make it a little more fun by remodeling our kitchen at the same time. Because we are brilliant.

- Kennedy got glasses! And she looks adorable.

- Todavía estoy aprendiendo español. Pero es muy difícil porque no tengo suficiente tiempo.

- Kennedy and Maddie are in love. Watching them play is one of my most favorite things.

- I wish water tasted like Diet Coke.

- I wish that broccoli tasted like really delicious chocolate.

- I have some pretty fun girlfriends. Who apparently like to pull the duck face. I just try to look like I'm singing and they are my back up dancers/posers.

 And then when they decide to look normal, I balance myself in a squatting position. Because that's completely normal.

- Did you know that today (March 27) is "National Joe Day"? Well it is! So grab a cup of Joe with your friend named Joe. Or change your name to Joe. Or Josephina.

- Mi novio es muy guapo.

- We went to see the Ute's Gymnastics meet a few weeks ago. Good times were had by all.

- After a vigorous morning of skiing, Kennedy and I like to sit in the lodge and wait for Casey.

- I need new shoes. Need. Yes, need.

- My office is cold. But the space heater makes it too hot. And I'm just going to keep on complaining about it.

- Casey and I had a fancy date night and went to see Les Mis at Hale Theater. It was fantastic! (Thank you again for the tickets, mom!)

- I think I need a "sleep in and then wear my pajamas and no bra and have no responsibilities" type of day. If it requires a bra or shoes, I don't want to do it.

- I love our dog. I often see her napping like this:

(I tried to tell her to close her legs, but she wouldn't listen.)

At night, she sleeps in Kennedy's room. Sometimes with Kennedy on her bed, and sometimes right by the door. 

 - I like dark chocolate.

- I love to smell my hair (when it smells good).

- Kennedy and I are taking a girls' trip to see my mom in a few weeks! YAY!  Casey is probably already planning a fun guys' weekend going to cry without me.

- I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SEE!! The eye surgery was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I love it so much.

- I think people need to blog more often. What happened??? 

- The end.

Since I'm flashing-back...

I figured that, since I was taking a look back in time, I might as well look a little farther and see what I could find. I found A LOT of scary pictures of me which, hopefully, NEVER make it to the internet. But I also found these, which made me happy:

(Senior year of high school)

Eating dinner at the Pie... mmmmm... back when I could eat all I wanted and not worry about fitting into my pants the next day.


Can you see me in this picture? (We figured out a way that I could take the picture and still be IN the picture. We were so smart. And I think the reason Kristin looks so tall was that she was wearing my 4" heels. Why? No idea.)

Ah... Sharee and I were so tan...Now I look like a dark-haired albino.
This was our last final "hoorah" before everyone moved away for college, got married, etc. The only one missing of the "group" was Brittany, since she'd already gone away to college. We took a moment of silence for her.
Oh- and I don't see Laura or Kaija, either. Hm... Ok, so most of us were there.
The face I'm pulling in this last picture is quite frightening. I'm sorry for subjecting you to it.
I love my girlfriends. AND I love that I still stay in contact with EVERY single one of them.