audrey

Sometimes I wonder if I'm retarded. Like, I'm pretty sure my mom would have told me if I was but sometimes I really wonder. Your birthday was over a month ago. I texted you and I totally remembered. And then I get on here and I totally just lost my brain and never said anything.

So yeah, little late. But here's the deal. I love you. 

I think some of my favorite high school memories took place in your car. I remember driving around, listening to your music, driving at dangerously high speeds and laughing. I remember screaming out the windows HOLA CHICOOOO at motorcyclists and sitting in the trunk during a fire drill at highland. I remember this one time I was late for curfew and you gave me the keys to your car so I could get home. 

Thinking about the jiberty got me thinking a little more about you as a person. I think you have got to be one of the most generous girls I've ever met. It says a lot about a person who is willing to just hand over the keys to her car just so her friend can get home.

1. The roads were awful-- it was snowing. 

2. I didn't even have a license then. 

Honestly, I don't know if I'd be that accommodating but you didn't even give it a second thought. I've been so impressed with you, especially these past couple years as you've been helping in India. You've been blessed to live the life you have but you don't take it for granted. You give back. I so look up to you and I feel pretty great being able to call you my friend. 

So I guess this isn't so much a happy birthday post anymore as it is a I-think-you're-pretty-incredible post. But either way, happy belated birthday annnnd I think you're pretty incredible. 

Mall Bell

Mall Bell. I'm so sorry this took foreverrrr, but I did not forget you or your birthday!!

Your personality, laugh, and smile is infectious. Anyone you're around absolutely loves you. I mean how could you not? I don't think there ever has been a time that I haven't been constantly laughing when I'm with you. I honestly think one of my favorite things, is you in the HAM/HAW video for Valentines day when you twirled out the door and said, "Bye Mom!" It gets me every time. I've always been so grateful to have you in my life. Love you cute girl! Once again, I'm sorry this is so late!

A (late) Tribute to Two of the Best Girls I Know

So, there are some things that make me not a very good friends sometimes....mainly the fact that I am really bad at remembering people's birthdays. Mal, Happy Late birthday!! I hope you had an amazing day!
This is going to be a double post for Mal and Audge since I didn't post anything for either of their birthdays when they actually happened.

Mallory Bell~

You are seriously one of the funniest and most kind people I know. I love that every time I see you, no matter how long it has been since the last time we talked, you have stories to tell and make me laugh and feel like we haven't been apart forever! You are a great listener and always have great advice for every situation. I remember meeting you in at Hillside and we were semi more that acquaintances and we hung out a couple of times and I thought you were so cool but it wasn't until about Junior year that we actually became friends that talked and I have to say I am so glad we did! Haha, even when I stupidly backed into your car you were so super nice about it!
I love you Mal and I hope this year will be even better and more full of adventures than recent years.



Audrey Bergeson...soon to be Hunter~

Oh man girl, there is so much to say about our time together! I remember meeting you in 6th grade and for a while we sat at the same table and I just remember we talked endlessly about books. You were/are a girl after my own heart when it comes to reading! You have always been the girl with her head on straight. You are resilient and I admire how much confidence you have in everything you do. It is weird to think how many years we have been friends because it seems almost like yesterday that we were doing cheer and such together, but I am so glad I have known you for as long as I have and I am so glad that I can call you one of my lifelong friends. I am so happy for you and CJ and I can bet this year is going to be one of the greatest, happiest, most memorable years of your life so absorb every minute of it and please keep reporting it all in your blog because I love hearing about it.
You are a beautiful person inside and out Audrey and I am so glad to call you my friend.

Haha, I don't know how I found this picture but I am so glad I did! We were so little!

mallaria

Summation: We're really pretty

So... confession time. When we were in middle school and the beginning of high school, I'd see you in the halls. I thought you were really mysterious and pretty and social. Whenever we'd cross paths, you'd always have a funny story to tell someone and I really really wanted you to be my friend but I was super shy. Basically I spent a few years wanting to be your friend and dress like you. Then, senior year we got to spend so much time together and it was like a dream come true. 

Ever since then, I've always known I have a friend in you. You're always there for everyone. I think being a dependable friend is often an overlooked quality but you have it in spades. I've always admired how hard you work for the things you love and how you still manage to be such a good friend. Honestly, whenever I think I'm taking on too much, I think about you and your work ethic and say "Suck it up. Mallory does ten times more." You're so independent and strong and I am so proud to be able to call you my friend. I love you and I hope you had a great birthday and I hope no one made you eat a bunch of asian candy and forced you to drive up a canyon. 

Miss Mal Bell

It is finally your turn to be the Birthday girl! And since you are the one that started this wonderful tradition your birthday posts should probably be the best yet! I cannot say enough good things about you. In high school if I ever needed a laugh I definitely came to you! I am super glad I joined the journalism team senior year so I could be apart of your guy's little group of wandering the halls and ditching class haha!

This is probably the MOST random picture ever haha so I had to put it in!

Since high school I have been impressed with the things you have done especially New York. Way to stick that one out girl! I was so proud! I am so happy I was able to spend a little bit of your big day with you! 21 years...should we hit the clubs this weekend?
I can't wait for you to be in Provo! We are going to have such a great time showing you guys the ropes down here!

Love Love Love You!!

Mallory Bell.

Where do I even begin.

If only I knew how to post videos to this, I would, and I would serenade you for your special day.  But just go back and watch the one I made a few years ago and we can pretend that was today.

ANYWAY, I just love ya Mal.  You are such a wonderful, fun, happy, beautiful, stylish, trustworthy, kind, thoughtful, friendly, love-to-be-with-you, can-never-stop-laughing-with friend.  Thank you for all of the great times that we've had and for always being there for me.  Some of my favorite memories include:

• When we had that week summer after freshman year where it was just us and we went to a movie and walked to SnoShack (I don't know what we were thinking) and all that jazz.
• All of our sleepovers.
• Spontaneous dance(s)/your parking ticket from Ned.
• Banbury runs when Winn thought we were taking pictures.
• Our identical schedules senior year.
• The almost hold-up/shooting we saw at 7-11.
• Frazil runs.
• That one drug deal we saw in the Highland parking lot.
• Just talking.
• And--of course--today.  

weird.  our hair has swapped now.

Love you wild stallion.  Can't wait for this next semester together in Provo.

Shabby Apple!

I got the internship with Shabby Apple! I'm super excited. You get to plan events and get clothes and do fun marketing stuff. They're actually looking for more girls so I was wondering if any of you are interested? It's Thursdays and Fridays from 12-5pm. Unpaid but you get free clothes so... I feel like that's kind of awesome. You guys should check it out. Let me know if any of you are interested. We're interviewing all next week and I think it'd be really fun for us. We meet in Murray and... yeah if you have any questions let me know.

http://www.shabbyapple.com/

love you guys!

and look, today I got to make a flier! You know how I love fliers.