This is my sweet Sarah. I post about her all of the time, so if you're a regular reader, most of you probably know her. I wanted to share the sweetest thing that she did for me.
I woke up yesterday morning and she had purchased a domain name for me, and set it all up! I was totally surprised. She is so wonderful, and I am so grateful.
What that means for you, dear readers, is that you can either continue to visit this blog via blogger or other blog-reading site, or you can go straight to...
My best friend Autumn is due to have her second baby in just about two weeks, so today we had a baby shower in honor of her, and her soon-t0-arrive son, Carter! It was such a great afternoon, spent with some of my very best and oldest friends. We've all been peas in a pod since college (starting about ten years ago, wow!) and I feel very lucky to have such amazing women in my life. We're each incredibly different, but that's what I love- I cherish each of those amazing ladies.
The shower was held at Autumn and Jason's new home, and hosted by her sister Jeremee. We enjoyed delicious salad courtesy of Pita Jungle and it was really just the best. relaxing afternoon.
Here are some photos-
Jeremee, Autumn, me, Alana, Erin, and Shirley
The "Brandts" - Jeremee, Autumn and their mom Libby
Tonight was such a fun night! Hank and I went over to Amber's, and then we all headed to dinner at Esoji. It was wonderful to sit and talk for a couple of hours- we had a fabulous dinner and fantastic conversation. After we ate we headed to the store so Hank could get ice cream, then Ambs and I went to Target so we could pick up some last minute wrapping things I had run out of. Once we got home, I made a crazy discovery...Amber had yet to see an episode of Jersey Shore. We immediately started watching it (I miraculously hadn't erased it from the dvr), and she got to experience the awesome-ness for the first time. I think she loved it!
So overall it was a really fun night! Tomorrow is a busy day- I am going to my mother-in-law's for baking in the morning, and then Hank and I are celebrating our Christmas early. We have three to celebrate, so we usually do ours a day or two in advance, and I definitely can't complain! I am SO excited. And as for now, I'm going to bed with a smile on my face for sure.
I am very happy I took tomorrow off. I consider it a "mental health day," and I will be working on my mental health via shopping all day! I have a huge Christmas list of gifts to buy and I am excited to start checking things off of my list. Then, it's bff night with Suki! We are planning on seeing "Brothers" during one of the earlier showings, and then going to dinner and hanging out all night. I am hoping frozen yogurt is in the plan. Even though we live two hours apart we manage to spend a lot of time together, and I feel very lucky about this. We've been close for a long, long time and have seen each other through just about every season of our lives, which is awesome. When I write about her, I'll go back and forth between calling her Suki and Sarah, and both mean her! It's funny but we both call each other Suki- it's a name that originated a long time ago, during one of our crazy nights, and it's stuck. Suki, Sukisu, Sukisuki...it's all the same. I love her so much and it's so awesome because her and Hank are very close too since we all spend so much time together. I just love her so much and words can't really even begin to express how I appreciate her. Besides Hank and my sister, she is one of the few, few people who know me inside and out...and I love that. She literally knows me better than I know myself most of the time. Sarah is such a great person and I feel lucky to have in her in my life forever. :)
This definitely calls for a little photo journey! I have a million and a half photos of us from so many different occasions so I will just share the first ten or so I pull up.
How funny are these old photos of us? We are maybe 20 here? I am loving my little chubby face! haha
at my first graduation (B.A. in English) from NAU in 2004
And here we are, a little more up to date over the past few years-
Last summer
country dancing!
enjoying a pretty day outdoors
hula hooping at a 4th of July party
enjoying brunch on a Sunday morning
chaperoning one of the high school's Proms with me! Don't we look proper ;)
rollerskating!
this fall
and on Halloween...she was my captain!
So, what are your weekend plans? Are any of you planning to see Brothers? I have been looking forward to it forever, and I am very very excited about it. Here's the trailer in case you haven't heard about it yet.
