The Best Friend EVER- Melanie!!

Friends are hard to come by especially Best Friends. Melanie and I have been best friends for 20 years and she has been with me every step of the way!! I moved to Az 20 years ago this month and it wasn't easy to find friends. Little did I know that the most amazing woman I know lived down the street from me. I met Melanie at church and we hit it off very fast. We started hanging out at each others houses, writing and mailing notes. Such as will you be my best friend, check yes no or maybe. We gave each other little gifts we found and had a blast together. We had a ton of sleepovers and rode our bikes everywhere. I will never forget...our bike rides (Louis lips, the chain that always fell off), Madlibs, Nintendo, swimming, babysitting Kamry, looking at National Geographic, calling Carla Fox and dedicating songs to our "loved ones", ditching church and going to McDonalds to buy french fries, prank calls, pretending we had a flower shop, "Amber", cleaning your moms house and wrapping presents, "do you want to get out and walk", opening mailboxes after school, beaniwhi, making up our names "Minerva", writing in your journal, peeing in the grocery store aisle from laughing so hard, white CRX, the van (your moms pink van and our rusty van), performing the Brady Bunch theme song for Scott and Darcy, peeling out at Keller in the Datsun when we were supposed to be going to the gym, waiting outside the room when Mariah was born,watching Jaden be born (and missing Eastons birth by 25 minutes)...and soooo much more. Thank you for always being there for me. You know my deepest secrets and you still love me. You never judge me and you have always supported me and continue to support me. I know if I need anything I can call you and you will be there for me. Thank you for being there for me when I made really stupid decisions and good ones too. I wouldnt be where I am today without you as my friend. I love you tons and I am looking forward for another 20+ years of friendship. I am truly blessed to have you in my life :) Happy 30th on Monday and I love ya tons!!

P.S. I have so many pics of Mel and I that I could have several photo albums. I thought I would share some oldies but goodies ( I had to scan them so they may not be very clear). I had like 5 more pictures that I was gonna post but I couldnt get them to look quite right.