Equal Parts Nostalgia, Cheese, and Gratitude!

Four years ago in May, four best friends graduated from high school:

Chelsea headed out to BYU the summer after high school, so we organized our last hoorah:

We spent on last night together:

What you can't see is the broom Chels has hidden in her bed for protection!

And we began the next phase of our lives: College!!!

Then after three short years, we slowly began entering the next new phases of our lives.

Darcee got married:

 And we were there:

Then Alexa got married:

And we were there:

And, the newest development and the reason for my current reflection, Chelsea is going on a mission:

Sister Akin of the DC South Mission!

And we'll be there via prayer and letters!!

And I'm re-realizing how blessed I am and have been to have these girls as best friends through those (and these) critical years in my life! They each have become examples to me in their own way.  They support me and love me and make me feel like a real person who matters!  I'm just so excited for all of us to start on our next adventures which keep getting bigger and better with age!