BFF's

I imagine life would a lot different for most people if they lack that certain person in their life that is their "go-to" person. What I mean is our best friend. Hopefully all of us have at least one and hopefully we treasure that person and the relationship we have with them.

My little boy is very lucky in that every day his best friend comes to our house and plays with him before they both go to school. These two boys are great friends. They enjoy the same kinds of toys, movies, games, and even music (you should hear them sing along with David Archuleta...it's priceless!).

What's even awesomer (is that a word?) is that their moms are ALSO best friends! Without Shannon my life would be hard. That's really the only way I can describe it. I would still have my husband, who is my other best friend, but there are some things you just need a "girlfriend" for and she is truly and honestly my BFF.
Love you chica! You rock!

Flashback Friday

I just have to thank my friend Karla for posting this on Facebook yesterday and of course, I stole it!! Anyway, this is me (right front in the shorts) and my friends Karla, Sara, and Bridgette when we went to Albuquerque for FHA conference our senior year. We all roomed together and had so much fun! I love the memories I have from the fun opportunities I had as a teenager.

The funny thing is that I thought I was SO FAT in High School, and looking at this picture I thought "WHAT the HECK!". I looked so good then, and yet I beat myself up because I wasn't a size 2. Stupid.

Wordless Wednesday- best friends edition

Flashback Friday- the square pumpkin

My first car was a real winner. My sister bought it for $100 from a girl down the road who had bought it from it's previous owner for $300. After my sis drove it for a year or so, I bought it from her for $100 and drove it until I went to college (so like three years). It was a FIAT 121S or something like that. It had a key for the ignition, a key for the trunk, a key for the doors, and a key for the gas tank. Yah, way too many keys. It made a VERY loud rattly sound and neither the horn nor the radio worked. Probably the reason I sing so loud in the car to this very day. Because it was squarish shaped, it got the nickname of "the square pumpkin", and it had this awesome bumper sticker that my sis's boyfriend gave her to put on it that said "This car explodes on impact". (We never tested it to be sure)

Anyway, one day as I was driving with my humps (Amber and Deanne- we were quite the gang), Deanne, who was in the back seat started screaming that she could see the road. I was like, no duh Deanne, so can I. Then she says, NO! The inside of the car is apart from the metal part and I can see down by the tire to the ROAD! *picture Herbie* We got a good laugh about my-fall-apart car and from then on Deanne would never sit in the backseat again. Good times.

So, what was your first car?

Was it a real gem like mine?

Friends are a blessing.

They totally are, you know. My best friend Deanne visited me on Saturday. This is a big deal to me because she has been my friend since we were 5 years old. Seriously, she is the first friend that I remember. Our moms carpooled us to Kindergarten together. She was with me through the rough years of junior high when I was a brat and thought I was too cool for her. She was still my friend. In high school she kept me grounded. Not "grounded", but normal. She was the one that I could watch old movies with (Sabrina, Seven Brides...., Scarlet Pimpernel), and we had the BEST personal jokes that no one else understood- "It's the Schwans man!" :) Anyway, she moved away to go to school at Purdue lots of years ago, and eventually she got married and started a family, but she always makes a point of stopping to use the potty and visit with me when she comes out west to go home and visit her folks in Idaho. I love her to death!
Our boys are 3 months apart in age. They see each other once a year and play like they are best buds and see each other every day. I love that! We miscarried a couple of years ago around the same time as each other, and then we were both pregnant again at the same time. Our baby girls are 4 months apart in age and were so cute yesterday when they were checking each other out for the first time.
Deanne's hubby is so awesome! Here is Deanne, Andre, Dallin (son), and Avery. I am so grateful for true friends. She is a soul sister, a kindred spirit, a better friend to me than I have probably been to her. I love her!

Joining up....

Okay, so I joined Facebook today. Why you ask? Because my sweet cousin Angel invited me to and because I like making new friends and lets face it...I don't have much of a life anymore, now that I have kids, so I am game for anything.

It looks pretty legit. Not crazy scary like things I have heard about Myspace. Anyway, I found a few people that I knew growing up that moved away and such. A couple of guys that I graduated from High School with, my husbands mission President and I also found a couple of my neighbors. How funny is that? I seriously cracked up!!

So, if you are a part of Facebook, look for me and add me as your friend. I rarely turn down a request. Well, unless you seem stalkery or something.

Happy Birthday Miss Valentines Day Baby!!

This here post goes out to my Best Friend in the world! I mean, we are like BFF 4-EVER! Today is her birthday and no one else was really remembering her, so I thought, "What the heck...I'll post a Happy Birthday to her!"

So, Miss Valentines Day Baby....this is for you!

Love You bunches and bunches and tons and tons!

(go give her a birthday wish on her blog folks. I know she would love it!)