Today is my friend Kylar's 22nd Birthday! I cannot believe that we are getting so old. It doesn't feel real. Well, I was inspired, by her, to dedicate a post specifically to her for her Birthday. Kylar and I met in 8th grade, so we have a lot of really great memories together. Here are 22 of the reasons and 22 pictures of why I love her to death:
1. In High school we took Interior Design together. It was the biggest joke. We mixed frosting and frosted vanilla wafers for one of our classes. But we had a ton of fun sitting next to each other and talking all class period.
The 3 of us at my 19th Birthday Party
2. If there was ever a chance to sluff in High School, we took it. Spirit Bowls? More like a time in school when they FINALLY don't take roll! We would be out in the parking lot before we knew it, on our way to Gandolfos, or maybe Cafe Rio.
The best night of our lives. The Beach Boys concert. Yes, we made those dresses. PS we didn't even take this picture. The event photographer did and we found it online. We were practically famous. We got asked to get up and dance with the Beach Boys, but their drunk manager took one look at us and said too many polka dots, and that was the end.
3. She always made me watch old movies. I loved it.
I had to show the un-cropped picture. Look how SHORT my dress is! Why on earth did they not tell me?!
4. She would always play with my hair. Whether it was when we were watching a movie and I would lay down next to her, or if she sat behind me in class. It was the best. MAN, I miss that! Haha!
This is the best picture known to man. Erin's face is classic. And that trip to Lake Powell was the best. Our blazing sunburns. Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey. Playing Mash the whole way down. Perfect.
5. We would have sewing nights ALL the time. I'd bring my sewing machine over, she'd have hers, and we would sew away the night. Either watching a great old movie, or some old TV show. Like the Mary Tyler Moore show or The Monkees.
80s High School Dance. We've never looked better.
6. We would always go fabric shopping (and still do!). The best was when we found Elvis material at Walmart and made skirts out of them. We both still have those skirts and wear them today! It's the best! Also, we would always drag Dan along. Poor kid.
End of the Year Dance. So cute and So happy to be done with High School! PS. Erin is wearing Kylar's shirt and Kylar is wearing Erin's shirt. They switched in the Gandolfos parking lot before the dance ;)
7. Another sewing night we had, I was trying to help her make this super cute dress, out of really weird tablecloth raincoat fabric haha. Needless to say it didn't work so well. That may have been because I lost some of the pattern. Whoops! P.S. I still have no idea how I lost it or where it could have gone!
The Eclipse midnight release. So pretty. We also made Dan come to this. Why was he friends with us again?!
8. We were in AP Calculus our Senior Year together. She was smart enough to drop out at the Semester. I followed her footsteps just a term later. Hahah. Bad news.
San Francisco Choir Tour. We shared a room. My feet smelled. I got ready in the sink. Her mom and Paula would come in every night dressed up as something else to sing us a song.
9. She started a club at school called SOHI (Signs of Hope International). She was the President and Erin and I did what we could to help out (mostly we just caused trouble at the club meetings). She was amazing, and not afraid to follow her ambition of having this club!
This was after I had my senior pictures taken in her beautiful yard. But how CUTE is this picture. I love it.
10. We would have read-a-thons in her basement all the time. Twilight. Harry Potter. It was amazing.
Breaking Dawn Midnight Release
11. During the winter we would drive around in her Mini Convertible and have "freeze-outs." This pretty much meant we would be in the front with the seat warmers on and heater blowing in our face, and we would freeze someone out who was sitting in the back. Haha. How annoying. But we thought it was hilarious.
Sluffing school to fly kites. The best.
12. I don't know how it started or why, but whenever we would drive in the Mini, we would always try to turn on each others seat warmer without them noticing. Hahah. I love it!
Ah, Sally's birthday celebration at Jamba Juice and then off to see Step Up. This day will forever live in infamy. But, wait Sally isn't there? Yeah... huge mis-communication. But we had a blast and we got to celebrate with Sally that night.
13. When we were looking through the yearbook at the end of our Senior year and we saw that Sally's Senior quote said that we were all "Greek Checks" instead of "Geek Checks." HAHAHAHA!
One of the cutest pictures of the 3 of us. Love.
14. When Facebook still had that weird Graffiti application. Where you could pretty much post graffiti on someone's wall. We would always draw stuff on each others wall. Mostly having to do with High School Musical 2.
We made these awesome T-shirts as if we were hardcore fans.
15. Because she says things like "Oh my laws!" And, "We definitely need to launch an investigation..."
Erin's 18th Birthday. So fun.
16. She is SUPER crafty. She sews, knits, crochets, makes her own rings and headbands. She is legit. She even sells the stuff she makes at boutiques, Alpine Days, and through her website www.topsysturvy.blogspot.com. I am amazed at all the hard work she puts into this.
Raising money for SOHI at school.
17. We have taken a lot of classes together at BYU. Music 101 (I slept through most of this, while she took notes. I thought it was a great situation, but apparently she would have preferred me to be awake :)). American Humanities from 1900 or something, Interior Design, and Art History. I love it when we have classes together. Although now that we are both getting more into our majors, I don't know how well that is going to work out. But luckily we still see each other on campus and get to play.
Sally's REAL birthday celebration. We are the cutest.
18. Because we are both at work at the same time, we get to g-chat frequently. We are always just chatting away, sending links of things we want to buy, or even planning our virtual weddings. Hahaha!
At the Strawberry Days Rodeo.
19. If she has eggs for breakfast and she tells you what she had for breakfast, she will say "Egg." Just Egg. Not eggs. Hahah
The 3 of us FINALLY had Twilight and we were ready to get reading.
20. When Erin and I forced her into Victoria's Secret. Hahahah.
Hahaha the strangest Preference group of all time. Yes, that is my sister Laura with her friend Cody. No, they were not in High School. Yes, Cody did pretend that he was from England. Yes, Matt did believe that through all of Senior Year.
21. Eating grilled cheese sandwiches, then having a vat of ice cream topped with Nesquick.
Kylar loves her Dad to death. She wouldn't be the wonderful person she is today without him. And luckily, he semi-tolerated Me and Erin :) I think this photo perfectly captures the relationship we had with him. Hahahah!
22. We have planned a million trips together, but haven't gone on a single one. I know we will someday and I can't wait. What I love about that though, is that sometimes High School friends fade away. But we still spend time together and still tell each other everything...eventually. She is an amazing friend and I hope her 22nd Birthday is the best yet! Happy Birthday Ky Ky
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