Cynthia was one of my best friends growing up. We met in 7th grade and were inseperable! She thought the world of me and helped me see the best in myself. You need friends like that in life, but maybe especially in middle school. I was really lucky to have her. Some of my favorite memories are the slumber parties she and I would have with Katie, another solid TRUE friend! We would stay up all night and play the game of "Life," play "MASH" and watch romantic comedies, like While You Were Sleeping, and eat treats! To this day, I still can't eat an EL fudge cookie without thinking about how we would "bite" the dumb boys heads off! :) Good times!
Cherie' and I became really close when we served together in the Relief Society presidency in the student married ward at Dixie College. When you serve together, you can't help but connect spiritually and in other ways. I love this girl, and I want to be more like her! She is soft-spoken, patient, gentle, and kind--all the qualities I want to develop more. She married Jonathan Dick, one of the cool guys I sang with in the Institute Show Choir, Inspiration. (Pause here for a shout out to my Inspiration pals who read my blog: Julie, Spence, Melissa, Aubrey, and any others! I love you guys!) Ironically Jonathan and Cynthia are cousins, plus Cynthia and Cherie' lived in the same ward for a few years. So the three of us girls have these connections from the past PLUS all of our kids are born within WEEKS of each other. So it's fun to get our kids together to play while we moms chat...or at least "try" to chat over the craziness of the noise the kids make. ;)
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Catherine! Thanks for your comments about me. It sure was a fun get together. Thanks for being my friend for 13 years now!
It is great to keep in touch with good friends. Looked like a great little get together. You are such a great friend to everyone!
Looks like fun! I was just about to get on your blog and whine to you that you need to post more pictures of your adorable kids! That pic of Jon and Emily covered with frosting is priceless!
So fun! It's fun to get together with friends. I hope you guys never got sick. I talked to Ben about camping. We're thinking the best time would probably be the end of June. Ben has his 3 week cram course the beginning of June, and July there is, 2 holidays, Ben's b-day, Ryan's b-day, and our anniversary...so that is always a busy month for us. If that doesn't work, we can wait until August? Let us know what you think. We'll try to think of a good place to go.
What a fun get-together! I haven't seen Cherie in a looong time. I hope she is doing well and keeping sane with 3 under 3. She is a sweetie. I can't wait to see you on Monday!
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