road trip, day 2…
troy’s brother, jared, was one of dusty’s roommates in college…
dusty & troy were roommates in college too.
daphne & i were roommates in college.
daphne liked troy.
i liked dusty…
eventually we all became engaged.
the four of us, we’d run-away for road trips every weekend that we could.
all over southern utah & southern nevada, we’d drive…
then we all got married.
then we lived in korea, and taught english.
then jared met lissette in asia!
they got married at the u.s.
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happy birthday ~ brandy, bex, and suzie-q!!!
three of my besties had birthdays this month.
all of them, we celebrated with girls lunches.
brandy & i have been friends for twenty years.
susan and i have been friends for about twelve years.
and, bex and i have been friends for a couple of years now.
each of them, regardless of how long we’ve been friends, each of them knowing ALL of my faults, quirks, shortcomings, and goofiness, still choose to be my friends.
i cannot even begin to tell you how much i trust,
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a perfect day.
good friends + good food + sunshine.
it was perfect. while our loved ones who have passed on, were in our thoughts.
i used my new polaroid camera for the pictures, i’m still adjusting to the settings. anyone else struggling with the settings on this camera? it’s hard to waste the film when you gotta pay for it!
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sela’s little gym final show & to my beautiful friend shannon…happy birthday, chuck e cheese style!
sela finished her class at the little gym.
she loved it, every week. sela was always so excited to go!
on the final day, the kids/instructors had a finale for all the parents/siblings to watch.
i picked up all the kids at 10:15 am on their last day of school, dusty met us there, and sela had her whole family there to cheer for her!
sela performed just about the same as she did for her dance rehearsal.
timid. fingers in her mouth.
near the end of the show, she started to perform a little bit more,
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