.Shout Out.

This is a shout out to my very best friend in the entire universe (aside from mi familia).

Let's just recount our past together...
FROM...
playdates together when we were 3,
to walking to and from her house, to my house, to the Millet's house, to the Richter's house,
to eating ramen noodles with frozen peas,
to playing in the "Lizard Valley" together (aka the haunted gully),
to sharing the blessed month of January as our birthday month,
to sneaking out in the middle of the night to walk to each other's houses,
to sucking honeysuckles in the McMurray's yard,
to jumping on the trampoline for hours on end,


to wearing the most atrocious, humongous glasses in the entire world at the same time (That's right, blue/purple for her, gold for me. You could feel them on your cheeks without smiling--this pic is almost an exact re-enactment, haha),
to being in the same 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes together,
to Jr. High and High School together,
to going through our BEST looking Jr. High days together (I refer to this point in our lives as "The Black Hole"),
to ridiculous bus rides together in Jr. High...all the sporting events as officer and cheer leader,
to going on a cruise through the Caribbean together (plenty of stories that can be shared later...remember the "curfew knocking system" with your parents? Ha...),
to flying up to Logan in the little airplane for a day (who knew we'd be living there together 12 years later?),
to going to a number of High School dances together in the same group,
to joking about "Music to the Maxx!!"
to going to Star Valley Wyoming together...I loved that,
to "early rising sleep overs" together, because we want to "seize the day!",
to deciding what we felt was uplifting together (which made making good decision MUCH easier when I knew my best friend would do the same. She is the ultimate "do good-er," and tends to have a contagious effect on others. Especially me),
to graduating High School together,
to giving each other a shoulder to cry on in really, really, really difficult times,
to knowing each other better than anyone else,
to deciding on Nursing at the same time, without the other knowing (ridiculous),
to being together in Logan for a year (I miss it DAILY),
to having a delicious veggie burger together for lunch (along with plenty of other delectable dishes she prepared),
to being polar opposites in height since day 1 (height among other things, yet we've been SO good for each other through all these years. I love us.),
to spending spring break together (Toquerville!),


to responding in brutally honest ways,
to deciding on a MISSION at the same time,
without the other knowing,
to turning in our mission papers at the same time,
without the other knowing,
and to receiving our mission calls the exact same day (but me delaying a couple days)....
And everything in between.
The best part?
We have been best friends through it all, thick and thin, easy and hard, fun and crappy, distressing and peaceful. She's always been there, and always will be there.
I've talked to her more this week than I have in a long time, as we have been preparing to open our mission calls. She is one of the most hardworking, faithful, prayerful, optimistic, genuine, spiritual women I have ever known.
Becs? I am more grateful for you than you'll ever know.
And I cannot wait for your mission in....
Richmond, Virginia...Spanish speaking.
And now, to continue our list, we are going to be leaving about the same time, serving a mission "together," and writing each other throughout the most life-altering 18 months of our entire lives. I can't wait!
Let the wild roller coaster begin...
I love you, Bec.
See you tomorrow when I open MY call! AH!