It's now 12 years post-high school and my girlfriends are just as fun, lovely and weird as ever. Simply the best. We spent the weekend together in San Diego celebrating Jessi's wedding, hanging out and for some of us, turning 30. If you gotta turn 30, you might as well do it surrounded my your pals of 20 years. If turning 30 didn't make me feel old, having friends for 20 years does. But I love it. I love it because no one has seen me sillier, stupider, hungrier, weirder, funnier or any other kind of -er. They also keep me humble and grounded and more importantly, encourage my walk with Christ. Many of our friendships began in middle school youth group, and I attribute our faith to be the main reason we still like each other. That and because Rachel scares us. 
You might notice an overt amount of pictures and that is also normal among this group. You can never have too many pictures. When you have two or more of us gathered, the beach and a remote camera timer (or a husband- thanks, Russell) you have an abundance of {mostly} ridiculous shots. I have kept it fairly normal so that you will not be scared away.
Sometimes it takes a few shots to get a good-ish one. I mean, Michaelangelo didn't paint the Sistine Chapel in one day.
Below is from the birthday dinner. My friends indulged my love of italian food and we all managed to find something acceptable...Hillary also did my hair. For some weird reason I had really wanted to braid my hair and since I can't braid for anything, Hill agreed to do something. And. It. Was. Awesome. Here's to turning 30 and having a braid. Bonus points to anyone who can guess what or who Courtney is impersonating above. Anyone?
I have so many comments. 1. I should have made everyone take an individual picture with me. 2. Your hair was gorge. 3. Your wedding pic was better than mine. 4. Thanks for including a picture of my sandwich.
ReplyDelete1. Maybe now you won't make fun of me next time #itsnoteverydaywereinthesameplace 2. Which time? 3. Probably b/c Russell had reached his limit of pictures taken by the time he got to yours 4. Anytime. Also, per my birthday post, the cake was Pistachio. A childhood fav. I can get you the recipe if you want.
Deleteoh my gosh. i can't take this. i love you all.
ReplyDeleteOh, how we missed YOU!!
DeleteI love you all too. And I kind of hate that I do.
ReplyDeleteGoal: COLORADO - take as many pics! (Though that group is not quite as crazy!)
Don't hate the player, hate the game. Remember when Rach and I tried to teach you "the game"? Also, I can try to make Colorado crazy...!
DeleteI think it is great that you are all so close and have so much fun after 12 years, I like to think that my grade/high school friends are this way too. Love the individual pictures with you. It looks like a fun bunch!
ReplyDeleteThey ARE great! It's so good to have friends who know us so long, huh?! Thanks for stopping by :)
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