i have pretty much the raddest friends a girl could wish/ask/dream of/hope for.
i was lucky enough to have 7 of my closest friends as bridesmaids at my wedding. since i'm lame, i never got around to writing them any thank you cards for everything they've done for me.
so here i go...writing it all on the internets:
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"british danielle"-
you piled your little family in your car and drove all the way down from washington so you could be here for my wedding. it was so fun getting to see you and your cute little munchkins, and i know that is not the funnest of drives, so i'm especially grateful you made the trip. we've been friends since high school and i'm so glad we've kept that friendship up. even with you moving back to england, then back to the US, then getting married, and me moving to ut. i know we can still fall back into that friendship the same, even when it sometimes is years between seeing each other in person. and hello...my first trip to europe was to visit you and it was a blast! {i was just thinking the other day, we should take a 10 year reunion trip...yes?}
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kaaaaara bake-
i have you to thank for bringing matt into my life! you are the bestest. you know when you meet those people in your life that you instantly click with? that was you. i felt like we were instantly friends and had known each other forever. i'm so glad we get to live by each other and double date and do FHE together. you were there for my during my mega melt down and helped to calm my fears. let's have babies at the same time so they can marry each other then we'll be related. ;)
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"jazzy j fresh"-
oh jasmine. where do i even begin?! we are so totally different, but somehow it works for us. i'm soooooo glad we were roommates. and that i forced you to be my friend and start telling me everything. you always kept encouraging me when i needed it and you always listened to me when i was being a silly girl and crying my eyes out. you're always so happy and excited for me. you're like the best personal cheerleader ever and you make me so happy.
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kirbalicious-
i ALMOST made it to DC! {you can blame matt haha} sorry our plans of maybe someday living together again didn't happen. but that's ok, because you know how much i love coming to DC to visit you. you definitely win for traveling the farthest. and helping so so much! you were a total lifesaver when it came to those last couple of nights before the wedding. folding paper for fans into the night, helping decorate for the reception, and totally relieving any stress i might have had at the fact that the majority of the fans fell off the wall overnight. thank goodness we had drawing together my first year at BYUI.
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courtney-kins-
we email. still. after 13 years of friendship, that's what we do. and i kind of love it? haha. i think i've actually known you the longest out of all these lovely ladies, and i'm sorry we didn't become friends sooner! but better late than never. i hope you're still planning on living in our exclusive gated neighborhood one day. where we'll be next door neighbors and i'll be your personal hairdresser and life will be grand. thanks for inspiring me to run half marathons! thanks for SO many good laughs when doing your hair, and being roommates, and sharing clothes, and painting nails. you made college so much fun, and i had the best of times living together. watching friends every night while you fell asleep and i finished them. going on midnight runs to taco bell. you have to stay in ut too ok? i need to see you often.
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"other danielle"-
i'm sorry you're "other" danielle in my list of danielles. but seriously though...you are one of the best danielles on earth. thank you for always being so encouraging. you probably don't realize the impact it's had on me. you would always say to me, life is a choice, happiness is a choice. and most of the time it made me annoyed, and yet yours is the voice i hear in my head at times :) {don't be creeped out!} you are right! it is a choice, and i'm so glad you told me that. thank you for being so kind and service oriented as well. you made me a beautiful wedding cake and helped bake goodies for the reception, and i know you love to serve and i've been the lucky recipient many times. i'm so happy you're taking the time to do what you want to do, and i know you're having the best time ever in europe, it makes me so happy to see all you're doing and seeing.
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linz-
you are my oldest friend. you probably know more about me than most people...probably even my husband! :) your family is my adopted family and i love all of you guys. i'm proud to be an honorary "blake" sister. i don't even know what to say because i'm getting all emotional just typing it up. we've been through a lot together, and i hope we keep it up. we pick up exactly where we leave off when there's lots of time between seeing each other. we used to fight like sisters in high school, but that just means we like each other even more, right? that we could make each other crazy, but still be best friends? i can't wait to see you as a mommy and to meet your little girl. i can't wait to be an aunt again! thank you for flying down to ut for my wedding, for being there for that most special day, and for all of your help!
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i hope all you ladies know how much i love you. some of you are close by and some of your are far away, but it meant the absolute world to me to have you all there. {and hello...i don't think anyone has had a more gorgeous group of bridesmaids} i hope i am half as good a friend to you all, as you have been to me!
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