Best friends make me SMILE!! My two best friends are better than your best friends, I promise. The first best friend I ever had, and who will always be my bestie forever, is my dear kindred spirit Anastasia. We first met half my life ago, when she moved into my home ward and our mom's signed us up for the same dance class. We've had our ups and downs, but through it all she's still my bestie. Stasia is the BEST best friend you could imagine. She's the one who introduced me to Pride and Prejudice. We used to day dream about Gilbert Blythe as well as Frodo Baggins. Watching ancient movies from the library, the slightly sketchy bus ride to the dollar theater, girl's camp every summer, cuddling when we're scared, making up our own rendition of "Footloose", so many memories of her and I that make me who I am today. If I had to marry a woman, it would definitely be her and I'd love to be sealed to her if that were allowed. We grew up a short walk from each other, now it's at least a 5 hour drive on a good day. We've kept in contact even after our friendship has changed, from her moving out, to me moving out, to her getting married. I love her soooo much! She led me to my other best friend, Chase. Stasia dated Chase's older brother and decided that he and I would get along, so she worked her magic and set us up. And guess what? She was right. We fell in love very fast and were very young, but it's lasted. Chase is the ultimate boyfriend and best friend. He bought me flowers if I felt sick or was having a bad day, brought me a Jamba Juice so I could know he was thinking of me and knew I loved White Gummy. He took me to movies he didn't want to see but watched them anyways because he knew how much I wanted to see it. We had so much fun together, one of my favorite memories of him is the time that we got tickets to see the midnight premiere of Transformers 2 together. We drove all the way to Salt Lake and didn't get home until about 4 AM. We couldn't say goodbye very easily, so we layed down on the grass and looked at the stars and talked and laughed for well over an hour, but how I wished it could have lasted forever. That moment was perfect for me, it was one of the first moments I really realized how much I loved him. I've loved that boy for three years (YEARS!!) now, and there are many more to come. I haven't seen him for almost a year, because he's serving an LDS mission in California, but he's still my very best friend in every possible way. I am so excited to see that boy again in a little more than a year. 13.5 months to go Elder Johnson! I love both of my best friends, and this is a tribute to them. Chase and Stasia, you make me smile :)
Now... it's picture time.
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The very studly Elder Johnson, serving the good people
of Riverside, California |
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He found a street, with his name!
He works that nametag :) |
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We got really bored during play practice one day.
I had so much fun being in plays with my bestie.
We're the best part of that play. |
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We went to China together. China!
Neither of us could sleep during those many, many hours on the plane.
This is what happened instead. |
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| Twilight... midnight premiere. |
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Us with more of our best friends.
Basically, her last night being single.
That's right, Bachelorette Party baby! |
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Chase and Rauni :)
Although I hate my braces, I have always
LOVED
this picture of us. |
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We look so little...
That's because we were.
You can fall in love at any age.
Take my word for it. |
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One of the only pictures of the three of us.
BFF's :)
When he comes home, we'll take more. |
