Just a whole lot of Gratitude!

This post had to wait for about a week for me to right because of the crazy emotions that came with this bitter-sweet goodbye.  I have to say I have the best best best best friends and family in this world! Leaving Utah was most definitely the hardest things I've had to do but I could not have asked for better support system while taking this step.  On the Sunday before I left my lovely friends Carissa and Tiffany threw us a stellar going away party!  It was the best party/reunion EVER!  I am so blessed to have such amazing friends who have always cared so much and would come out to see us off!  This post is going to have many pictures and many captions so feel free to not read is all if you don't want, truthfully this is more for my benefit.

Brig is sad.  Brig and I have been friends for many many moons, I actually don't even remember how long.  He has brought so much laughter and smiles to all of us and we never don't laugh when we are with him and Jessica!

Kristi and Chelsea! These girls light up my life! They are both so full of life and love adventure! We have had some great times together and have made some amazing memories!  I grew up with Chelsea and I met Kristi in high school.  I am so glad I have these girls in my life to cheer me up and always have a nice thing to say.  They are seriously two peas in a pod and bring out the best in everyone!

Faith!! I have been so blessed to have this girl in my life.  She is a great example that first impressions don't mean a thing! She is the greatest person to walk the earth and I just with everyone had the chance to be her friend!  She is the strongest person I know and I am so glad she found someone as wonderful as Bryce!

The Mullen's!! We love these crazy kids to death!  Meghan and Ryan have been a big part of Woody's life and I am so glad he has stayed friend with this family!  Not only was I able to have my reception in their beautiful backyard because of Woody, but I was able to get to know their family better and fall in love with all of them! We are so excited for Ryan and Marissa to get married in April!

Bobbi and Dave! Dave and I met in 8th grade and had science together.  We have been friends ever since and have had a lot of good times together (that may involve a random smashing of a pinata in a park). Dave is an extremely loyal friend and a great example to everyone around him!

Justin, John and Roland! These boys have been some of the best friends a girl could ask for.  They have been like brothers to me and I have always been able to tell them anything!

Shippen and I have been friends since 7th grade and shares my love of Saved By The Bell!  No one else knows the gang like she does!  She has always been such a great friend and is better than anyone at staying in touch.  I absolutely love this girl and am so grateful for her friendship!

Amber is the SAWEETEST girl in the world.  This girl doesn't have a mean bone her body.  She would give you the shirt off her back at any given moment.  She is the most Christlike person I know and is an amazing example to me.  Amber is down to earth, loyal, honest and super funny! Seriously everyone needs an Amber in their lives! 

Nephi Nephi Nephi... I don't even know where to start with this guy.  If it weren't for him I wouldn't me married to the Woodster.  Nephi and I became friends through his cousin Matt.  When Matt went on his mission I never really saw or talked to Nephi, until one day when totally out of the blue he started chatting me on facebook where I invited him to a bonfire.  He brought Woody with him and the rest is history.  He has been by our side through thick and thin. We could not ask for a better best friend.  He is a huge part of our lives and we would not be who we are without him.  He is the most loyal, giving person I know.  I am so grateful for Nephi, I owe so much to this man!

 The Greers! I somehow lost the picture of us from the party but I couldn't go without a shout out to them.  Casey and I have been best friends since 7th grade.  He was the man of honor at my wedding and was my person before I med my husband.  The two biggest fears in my life were that he wouldn't like who I married and I wouldn't like who he married.  I could not be happier about who he married! Kristin seriously completes him! They are so perfect for each other!  Casey and Kristin will always be a part of our lives, I learned so much from being friends with Casey and he will always be one of my very best friends!

 Carissa and I met many, many years ago I think during our Sophomore year.  I actually heard about her a lot before I met her and I won't lie, it made me a wee bit jealous. I worked and Teddy Bear Builders (yes I was the shiz) and two of my friends came in to make a monkey for her because she had gotten surgery.  It peeved me a little because they were MY friends!  Then we ended up at a high school dance together where I am sure she glared at me but she denies it to this day!  The moral of this story is that first impressions don't mean a dang thing!  She has been one of the best friends I have ever had!  Through laughter and tears and boys and girls she has always had my back.  We just get each other and are always thinking the same thing.  She would do absolutely ANYTHING for any of her friends and is one of the best people I know! And she made this party happen!

Amander! This little lady I have known longer than pretty much anyone.  We went to elementary school together where my only memory of her was in forth grade when she wouldn't stop talking so Mr. Herrmann send her into the hall to write 'I will not distrupt the class' 50 times.  Seemed like a hard thing to do but Amanda was used to it...and a 6th grader taped two pencil together so she could write to lines at a time.  We reunited in high school and hung out on and off, but after high school we became somewhat inseparable.  After a couple of years of hanging out she ended up marrying my friend Mike which made her even greater!  Right after they got married Amanda got a job as a receptionist at my work.  So for the last two years Amanda and I have worked about 4 feet from each other.  We have had good times, bad times, sad times, and hilarious times together.  I saw her more than my husband and she probably knows more about me than she wants to.  She is one of the strongest people I know and my life would be so much more dull without Amander!  I am so excited for her and Mike to welcome Jack in August!! WOOHOO!!

Tiffers!! What would I do without this girl?  I am so glad that we stalked each others facebook and wait for it...myspace the summer I went to Alaska.  When I got home and met her I had no idea that it would take off to the best friendship in the world!  Tiffany and I have had the best days of our lives together.  She has always had my back and has been the most loyal person in the world to me even when I have wronged her.  Tiff and I have cried until we laughed and laughed until we cried.  She was next to me at every important moment in my life.  We have had so many good times together that I wouldn't trade for the world.  She has been the best concert buddy, festival of colors buddy, bon fire buddy, shopping buddy, eating out buddy, party buddy, movie buddy, and lets just sit in my room and talk buddy I could ever ask for!  She has been as been super supportive of me but also told me when I was being an idiot.  She loves her friends, her family, and life with a kind of love everyone should get to be a part of.  She is the most giving person I know and I wouldn't be the person I am without her positive influence in my life.  I am so grateful for the best friend that she is to me and I plan on many more good times with her!

Dam Angie!  I don't even know where to start.  Well it started on a dam.  The summer after our sophomore year.  And we have been besties ever since.  Angie has brought more tears to my eyes (in a good way) then almost anyone.  She is seriously the funniest, most outgoing person I know.  We have done so much together I wouldn't even know where to start.  From canoeing, fishing, hiking, bon firing, swimming in glacier water, Angie saving me from glacier water, Angie sacrificing herself and almost being killed by a homeless guy just go get me a taco, high school dances, jazz games, and party after party after party, I would never ever replace the great memories we have made together!  We have laughed together and embarrassed ourselves together a million and one times!  Angie is full of adventure and always wants to try new things.  She has always cared so much about me and my family and has been like a sister to me.  I have loved living in the same condo complex as her and Roland the last six months and will be sad to not have her in the building next door anymore.  I am so grateful for her!  Dam friends forever!

I am so excited to start this new phase of our life together.  I am so madly in love with this man and am the luckiest girl in the world to be married to him!  He is so ambitious and is always striving to be the best person and husband he can be, and he out does himself every day! I am so eternally grateful that I met him and for the experiences we have had together and all that is yet to come!