Day 9: My Friends

You should know by now that I couldn't share just one picture...mostly because I had a hard time finding one with everyone in it.  I'll start with Sheena and Crys.  We have been friends since college, back before we really knew that we were destined to sing together.  You wouldn't know this from pictures I found though.  In fact, there are hardly any of all three of us together, because someone has to be holding the camera.   And I should also say that the ladies in these pictures didn't know (surprise!) that I was going to go back to the archives (we're talking about non-digital images, people!).  So, they may only be my friends for a limited time!  This is the oldest picture of the three of us, plus Armanda, that I could find.  It was taken in Central Park in NYC in June 2000. 

But the fun doesn't stop there...Crys after Once Upon A Mattress...

Sheena at Crystal's dorm after one of our visits...

At Patti's in 2002 maybe?  (Help me out here, girls!)

At Lindsey's wedding reception dancing in the bathroom...

And toasting...

This is one of my favorite pictures of Sheena.  We were having an in-house dance party!

And from a different great day, a favorite of Crystal...

We have been friends for what feels like a million years.  I don't think we could have imagined when we met that we would all be friends more than 10 years later.  (Or that Sheena and Crys would become sisters-in-law one day!)  But I can honestly say that I can't imagine my life without them.  We've laughed, we've cried, we've fought like sisters, and we have (thank goodness) mellowed over the years.  But we have always done it together.  I'm not done yet, because I also found some pictures of them with their gentleman callers...

First group date...

Home from their honeymoon...

 At a friend's wedding reception...

 More than seven years ago, at Favorite and Crystal's...

 At a friend's reception...

At Precious' 30th Birthday Party...

I love their men almost as much as I love these women!  I'm so proud to call you all friends!  (Please forgive me for the no warning of the old pictures thing!)  But I feel like I would be remiss if I didn't include a few pics of Amber too!  So here are a few of my favs... this first one was taken one summer years ago...

Practicing for her bottled water ad...

At Brady's wedding...

I'm crouched down weirdly in this picture because Amber is seriously tiny...

We are quite the pair!  We have a shorthand that only the other can understand. (which tends to confuse and amuse the rest of the world)   If you can count even one good friend, you're lucky.   I'm blessed.