it's her birthday!

I have always been accused for having "too many best friends".  It is true.  Once you have been my best friend, you will always be my best friend...but there is one girl that claims the top spot.  My mom always told me I would meet friends that would I would keep forever at BYU.  I didn't realize how true that was.  I met lots of wonderful people and made friendships that I would cherish forever, but with this lucky lady, I will not only cherish old memories, but constantly be making new ones.

I am pretty sure she is the most talked about person on my blog.  I cannot begin to express how much I love her, how much I have needed her, and how much fun we have together.

Aubrey and I were on the same floor my freshman year and I am pretty sure I terrified her just a few weeks in (maybe I put on a sailor striped booty short pajama set, leggings, and heels and walked down the hall...), but come basketball season and after a few dance parties, we realized that we had a lot in common and were actually pretty fabulous together.

Sophomore year, I didn't know who to move in with.  I finally got Liz to invite me to move in with her and a few other girls at Liberty Square.  Lucky for me, Aubrey was one of those girls.  I loved that apartment.  All of those girls have a special place in my heart.  But it really allowed Aubrey and I to become best friends.

We pretty much lived with each other the rest of our time at BYU (I say pretty much because our senior year we weren't roommates, just neighbors. And no, it wasn't because we had gotten in a fight like so many asked! That's just how it worked out).  We had so many adventures over the next three years!  Road trips.  Real Salt Lake. Urban camping in front of the Marriott.  Late night pillow talks.  Bon fires.  Mechanical bull rides.  Night up until 2:00 am on the floor of S6 working on her advertising program.  Hikes to the Y.  Slip n slides at Rock Canyon.  Boys.  Ice skating accidents (I try not to bring this one up often).  Pulling pranks.  80's Dancing.  Sporting event after sporting event (BYU has never seen two such dedicated girls).  Party throwing.  Aerobic dancing.  Talent show booty shaking. Off roading.


Now that she is in New York, we have added a whole new list to our adventures.

Along with all of that fun, we have also gone through our share of heart break and hard times.  We have experienced the death of a dear friend.  We have gone through dumb boys.  We have conquered hundreds of miles keeping us apart.

But, nothing will change our friendship.

She has just the words I need to hear.  She understands how much more fun it is to sit front row during football, basketball, and sometimes even volleyball.  She listens when I need a listener and talks when I need advice.  She has a giving heart and works hard for everything she does.  She loves the gospel and it shows in the way she lives her life.  She supports me in every aspect of my life and loves my students almost as much as I do (even though she hasn't met my current ones).

She makes me laugh, but we all know I am funnier.

I haven't seen her since October - the longest we have gone since she moved to New York.  I am going out at the end of June and I am beyond excited to spend a few days with her.

Just some stats thanks to fb - Aubrey and I have been friends since September 2006.  We have 273 friends in common and 455 known photos on fb together.

So Aubrey,

Thank you for being my best friend.  My life without you would be dull, boring, and lacking in so many ways.  I hate thinking about it.  I love our emails and gchats throughout the day.  I love that you are just a phone call away.  I love that even from across the country, we are always still on the same page.  I love how  everyone has great things to say about you.  I love the friends that we have made together.

I love to remember everything we have done and accomplished and I look forward to all that we still have coming!

I miss coming home to find you in my bed.  I miss sharing a room.  I miss getting frozen yogurt with you.  I crazy miss you with me at BYU games.  I miss hearing you laugh...ok.  I could keep saying what I miss, but this is starting to sound a little weird.  I miss you.

As always, I am struggling to come up with pictures to adequately show our relationship...It spend the whole day looking through pictures over and over and over - so here are some random goodies I found from our years of best friendship.

Love love love you!