farewell.

last week

i said goodbye to not just one of my best friends, but two.

(d and i with brynne and her very well done balloon banner)

brynne was first.

(and it wouldn't be a true farewell without this picture in front of the fountain)
scroll to the bottom of this post to see the others.

she is so excited to knit in LA!

we will miss both of these freis very much.

aaand ryan was there too, maybe we should have taken a picture of all four of us? we were tired.

next up:

ashlie lohner dance

(with a tiny dancer inside her body right now!)

she already left a few months ago for texas but her and her husband are now in san francisco

she came to utah last week so we hung out for a few hours and said goodbye. again. 

went to costco to change some tires, made some returns at target and k-mart, had some teeth cleaned and then celebrated with some cold treats and sonic and just had a real nice time.

i even enjoyed sitting and waiting for her at the dentist!

hey california,

stop stealing all of my best friends!

but thank you for being california so i look forward to visiting.

june : week one.

(will i forever be four weeks behind?) 

roommates last magleby's breakfast

(minus britt and suzanne)

getting new roommates has been sad but i will always miss the original

green gables gals!

 at times i think it is a good idea to fly a kite while waiting to be seated at a restaurant.

also, at times, it really isn't a good idea.

once upon a time i saw ashlie for the last time before she left again.

i just wish she would stop moving away! we shared some final

youtube videos, one of our favorite pastimes, and said goodbye. sad.

ryan and i went to the rooftop series concert with mindy gledhill and 

meaghan smith. it was really so great! and so many people! 

fun fact = ryan actually played with nik day for the very first rooftop

series concert. so it is fun to go back and see how it gets bigger and bigger

every time! (definitely took my other camera that day..not noticeable at all)

this time was really great though because it stayed light for so much longer!

ryan played back in september so it got dark really fast. 

by the time meaghan smith played we had met up with some friends on the side.

who knew this would be a nice seat? it was perfect. and free!

(and so many random reunions with people!)

and look!

this friday they will have another one so everyone come down and be my friend!

after a year and a half of not seeing this cute face i skyped with

sister tong my last companion! i don't know why i never ever skype

with anyone, i should really start utilizing it.

and three cheers for this view biking to work! everything is so green!

and lovely. and the other snow capped mountains are just as green and 

even more pretty! who knew utah could stop being brown and yellow

with just a little bit slash a lot of rain?

 (i guess everyone since we've been in a drought for years an years) 

where my presidents at?

presidents day = savers 50% off day

because i take this day very seriously 

i slept over at ashlie's house last night so we could get there

 at 7 am and beat all the regulars to the sweet deals.

at 9:30 (whoops!) we arrived and had a delightful time.

for everyone's sake i even remembered my camera! 

(and by that i mean i remembered to pull it out and actually use it)

amazing technicolor dream dress!

 reservation barbie

i should've bought that jacket.

i wish these were videos instead of records, i would have bought them.

friendship secret = i used to dance with my parents bed posts to his music

(yes love it or hate it i was that girl who pretended the 

swing set poles in my backyard were boyfriends)

i creeped little kids

party at savers!

loved him

and her 

(except she bought all the things that were not half off  which is weird)

and them.

i think the picture says more than words could.

yay for presidents! 

ASHLIEisnolongeralohnerDANCE

..is just having a birthday! today! hurray for this! 

after doing 4 hours of homework i decided to treat myself/everyone and give her a birthday shout out via this blog
(no need to remember that probably ten people look at it).
don't actually know if she is included in that number but i think it is still worthwhile.  

so i just went through our year of friendship and decided to highlight some..highlights. chose way too many photos but hey. it's not her birthday everyday so i'm just going to let it happen. if you don't want to go through with it, i suggest you close this tab now.

february 13, 2010 = first time i met her. 

she played music with ryan so he introduced us.

 i assumed we wouldn't be friends.

(the time in between the picture above and the picture below: she informed me she served a mission too. i decided to be her friend).

from this picture on the rest is really history.

but i'll keep going.

just like i do for ryan, i began watching her shows.

she sings like a dream.

 this one was great. you should have been there.

we ate shakes.

(i'm under that hood if you didn't know)

we had (many) sleepovers 

(this is me attempting to show that it was 4:30 am)

we watched and loved aaron neville videos..her face was actually really happy before this photo was taken 

(ryan was a part of many of these times too in case he is reading this and is feeling left out)

we felt cold.

she attended family h.e. with me and showed kittens, inspired by kittens to my nieces

(they loved it as you can see)

 we ventured to chuck-e-cheese 

we experienced the flaming mustache 

we templed

she helped make me a really magical birthday

she has some great anime faces

she helped/laughed at melissa and her fear of eyedrops

she let me feel sad slash empathized with me about not being a missionary anymore

we roadtripped to texas

(which gave her a love of j. bieber)

she bought me my first fish tacos

we share a love for leggings 

(and kitten shirts)

she let me stay with her beautiful family

we both wore swimsuits for the first time since the mish
( = traumatizing) 

and she got to be a part of my first sunburn in about two years

(i didn't put a picture of her because it is her birthday and i know she would of hated it. that's love)

 we've taken walks and senior pictures

she introduced me to stella and dot jewels

we love fish!

 templed. again.

we've said goodbye. too many times.

we skyped. not enough times.

i let her drive bertha

(and she visited me at efy!)

not only templed but also let some mtc elders take this awkward photo

she gave approval for me to reside at green gables

we've had our fair share of dance parties

(if you are lucky,

 she will let you be her captain)

can't get enough of self-timed photos at wedding receptions

we spent a few hours together each time she came to visit davvvvid

this one is really nice.

nik is a creep.

then, sadly, our visits became too short so no photos actually happened for months. 

(because this happened below)

..BUT short visits were better than no visits so i welcomed them gladly.

good news = december got a few

(wedding cake or immodest dress? nobody knows)

we even took  some in texas. again.

and now - lucky for me - she lives in utah again!

(thanks for getting hitched so that could happen)

anyway.

ashlie is really great and you should all get to know her!

there are a few people who have saved me this past year and she is one of them. 

so grateful that everything happened in ryan's life the way it did so he could introduce us. 

aaaaand i'm so grateful that ashlie tried to be my friend even though i made no effort. 

(still sorry about that)

against all odds, our friendship has turned out to be a huge success.

sometimes i think you serve God and he does nice things for you. 

ashlie is one of those nice things.

happy birthday tiny dancer! 

love you all the time.