happy birthday lauri!

so i am behind, like, WAY behind, but my goal tonight is to get caught up starting with lauri's birthday! friendship is one of the best and biggest blessing in my life. there is something especially extra wonderful about my friendship with lauri, i'm certain i knew her before this life! i'm grateful for her love and cherish her friendship, she is a gift to me! we celebrated her birthday a couple of creative thursdays ago with pumpkin pie because lauri loves anything pumpkin. in fact, pumpkins make me think of her! so here's my list of ten things i love about laur - even though i could think of 100...

1. when the phone rings around lunch time, i know it's lauri ready to drop everything and get me out of the house for a bajio salad!2. she has the most beautiful eyes ever - they never need a photoshop touch up, they're just naturally crystaly clear and gorgeous.

3. she is very genuine - what you see is what you get.

4. we have so many inside jokes and spend plenty of time laughing. she can always lift my spirits.

5. her and phil are a blast to vacation with - we have done several now and they have been our favorite vacations by far.

6. she is very self-motivated even though she thinks she's not - she exercises every day!

7. she is an STP (same twenty people!) at church. she has been in more yw and primary presidenies (usually the president) than i can think to count, she just finished her primary program YAY!

8. she is an advocate for her children, they are lucky to have her.9. she adores her husband, he is lucky to have her too.

10. she is a closet singer who dreams of being on broadway with a lovely voice but is afraid to sing in public.

***i love you lauri! happy happy birthday!***