Goodbye to a friend

Hello lovlies. 

It is thursday. Thank to the HEAVENS!!!

I am so excited for this weekend. Why? Because one of my very best friends from my yonder years is giving her missionary farewell talk. She is going to GUATEMALA! 

Me and my dear friend, Marissa, have been friends since she moved to Manti when we were in 6th grade. We were buddies, and had our little tifs over WHO KNOWS WHAT! But once we made it to high school, we both made it onto cheer and she became one of my very best friends!

 (marissa, brookie, me)

Our first summer of cheer we hung out quite a bit. Then we both decided to compete in whats call Miss Independence. It is a pageant for girls between the age of 16-18. The week of the pageant my family decided to go to Yellowstone. But I had to stay behind for our cheer fundraiser, Little Girls Cheer Camp, and practice for Miss Independence. 

So I bunked with Marissa for a week! 

I think that is when our friendship really grew. We would stay up late talking about boys, calling her boyfriend. Leaving messages of disney songs on his voicemail. Oh my! We laughed for hours and hours. Can I just tell you how much I love this girl. She's so pretty!

If you couldn't tell us three were inseparable! Love these two!

But I really am so proud of my friend Marissa to make the decision to go on a mission. She is going to be an amazing missionary, and I cannot wait to write her letters every month! 

What a great example she is to me!!!

On another note. Jake went to the dentist on Monday. He called me after her got out and informed me that he had 0, ZERO, nada, No cavities. 

Now, Here is where I express my frustration. I can brush my teeth more than him. I can floss more than him. I can use mouthwash more than him, and I will still have more cavities than him. I really hope that our kids have his teeth because my mouth was graded with a big fat F!

Five. Five cavities that have to be filled. I'm a little upset. But let me quickly tell you about the last time I got fillings. It was the day that Jake proposed to me. I was sitting in that chair listening to my teeth being ground to a pulp. *like that image? Well I sat there with my eyes closed counting the seconds until I would be finished with that pain.

Today, I was told that when I come in to get my fillings done, I can bring a movie to watch! What is this geniousness (its a word) that has been found? I am so happy and excited to get my cavities filled! and I get the day off to do it. Another plus! Is there anyone else that has this luxury when they go to the dentist that I have just been missing out on??

The whole time I was sitting at the dentist today, all I could think of was this picture.

 Another plus of today, I have great gums! 

Happy Thursday!

BFF's --

Last night I was doing my reading in my book "love is a verb". She was telling about how when she was in high school her family moved and all the friends she had was her family. Her younger sister became her best friend. They still are best friends!! This reminds me of my family!!! There was one time in high school when the only people I could rely on was my family! My sister are some of my best friends. When I came to who I married their opinion mattered to me. My brother Peter was the biggest opinion that mattered to me. The last few months of my senior year helped the relationship with me and my family more than I ever could have imagined. It made everything in my life so much more important that my family was so close to me and that they love me.

I have had a hard time moving to a place I really don't know anyone. And my new family has become my best friend. Jake was my best friend before, but now we really have had to rely on each other. Its hard not having any friends around, and kind of just disappearing from the old ones. I've had to grow up pretty fast moving to a different place.

I've grown very close to Jakes side of the family and become best friends with some of them!

I am so grateful that we are put into families for a reason. I know that I was put into the right family. I love my family. I love my life. I love the gospel and that I have it in my life.

The wedding of a friend

Last Friday one of my very best friends from high school got married. After 5 years of dating they finally made it official! It was so good to spend that amazing day with them!!! congratulations to Kayla and Keith!

When I started my blog I promised Kayla that I would dedicate a post to her... I was waiting for this day!!! So here it is K.
We met in 6th grade doing cheer.. And we have been best friends ever since. Like all friends we did have some rough patches but that's what made our friendship so strong. We always called each other sisters, because after 9 years of friendship you really are!!!! We have seen each other go through bad relationships, and good relationships. We have had our fights because of each other and also other people. We have seen every movie under the sun together. We've cooked, cleaned, sang, done makeup, hair, gone shopping, done pageants, won and lost, laughed and cried, read books, exercised, dressed up, had photo-shoots... And amongst everything we have always stayed best friends! She was there for me when I was married..... The most special day of my life. And I was so happy to be apart of her wedding..
I hope that we can forever be friends. Congratulations Kayla! BFF's forever.