Yesterday some of my best girlfriends and I got together for a good ol’ fashioned bridal shower!
Us girls have been friends since high school, and my friend Laura is getting married in May. We had to be there to celebrate and support. :)
Isn’t she gorgeous? Talk about a Barbie bride!
We took the opportunity to re-take the classic synchronized swimming picture circa Jr or Sr year of high school. My, what a difference a decade makes!
From boys and yearbooks, to husbands and babies, I’m so glad we’ve all remained so close over the years! :)
Afterwards, Ben re-proposed to me with a ring pop and we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Monterrey, for dinner.
Cheese enchilada with a side of rice (how do they get their rice so fluffy and perfect? HOW?!)
and a healthy sized mug of beer. :)
Insert March Madness and margaritas at the local watering hole, and we were ready to call it a night by 10pm. Those are my favorite kinds of nights. Get out early, have some fun, then get yo’ butt in bed at a reasonable hour. Yes?
Yvette 03.27.2011
I have one friend I am still in touch with that started at my grammar school in the 6th grade and we are 47 this year. I have a handful from High School and college too. In fact, one I met during a Junior Achievement Conference in 1981 (wow really 30 yrs) will be seeing each other next weekend.
Kgann 03.27.2011
Many of my friends are the ones I started Kindergarten with! We’ve all managed to stay really close, through moving off to college, then marriages, and babies. I feel truly best to have such close friends that I’ve known practically my entire life! (:
Jess 03.27.2011
My best friends are ones I have known since kindergarten and middle school. We still get together at least once a month. It’s been harder since we have all started having children, but we make a point to still talk regularly!
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) 03.27.2011
Aww, that’s so sweet that you guys keep in touch like that! As for me, no, I don’t keep in touch with anyone that I knew before I was 20, lol.
Machelle 03.27.2011
Actually….a bunch of us that went to school together (Saydel ~ Class of 1981!! Woot Woot!!) meet once a week in the evening for a few cocktails & food. Sometimes we take a little road trip to a small town bar nearby, always with a DD of course. We have a ball together! Laugh till we are sore the next day!
Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun 03.27.2011
Those are my kind of nights out too. Sounds like a fabulous time! And has left me officially craving a beer or a margarita.
Anne Weber-Falk 03.27.2011
I graduated from HS class of 1982. I had several close friends then and we stayed in touch for a number of years after grad. After a while we just grew apart. That’s okay. It is still nice to run into people now and again.
Now my MIL is a different story. She just had lunch with two women that she has stayed close to for over 81 years! I think that is wonderful.
AmyLou 03.27.2011
I am from a really small town, and my parents still live there, so I still know what’s up with most of the girls in my class (generally). There were only 10 of us!! so that makes it a little easier. I really only see or talk to 3 of them on a regular basis, maybe once a year or when one has a baby or something, but it’s fun.
My besties from college, however, are all so awesome. I can pick up wherever I left off with several of them, no matter how long it’s been.
my little celebration 03.27.2011
A ring pop proposal? How romantic :D.
I keep in touch with only a few friends from high school. It’s just hard because we all moved around so much. But I made a lot of close friends through church in college that I’m still very close with.
Great post. Have a great Sunday friend!
jen 03.27.2011
My best friend and I have been friends since 1st grade…25 years! Even though we live 500 miles apart, we still keep in touch.
Other than that, I really only have one friend from high school that I see. We get together for dinner once a month, a tradition we started a couple of years ago, and it’s great at keeping us in touch!
love your pics, what a beautiful group of girls you are!
Lesley 03.27.2011
Omg, I kid you not, I just co-hosted my best friend’s bridal shower yesterday! She’s getting married in June and I’ve known her for, gasp, 24 years! We met when I was 7!! I have 3 other besties; I’ve known 1 since middle school, and 2 since high school. It really is so wonderful to have old friends, but yes, it can be hard to keep in touch. 2 of them live by me (DC area), one in So. VA, and 1 in NYC. Obviously, the 2 by me are the easiest to keep in touch with!
You are all gorgeous, but seriously, how tall is your friend? She looks amazon!
Iowa Girl Eats 03.27.2011
She’s 5’11 and her fiance is 6’7! They look so great together!
Mara @ What's For Dinner? 03.27.2011
One of my best friends and i have been friends since the first week of high school. Another one and I have been friends since Kindergarten!!
Jackie @ Baking Charms 03.27.2011
I still keep in touch with my best friend… we’ve known each other since the 6th grade! And I completely agree with you – when you can pick up right where you left off, that’s a true friend :)
Kierstan @ Life {and running} in Iowa 03.27.2011
The group that I hung out with in high school (the group that tried really hard to not be a clique, but ultimately was) still gets together whenever I get up to Minnesota. They are the best group of people I have ever know – even despite our differences in opinions, places in life, etc. I love them.
Amanda 03.27.2011
My two closest friends are ones I met in 1st grade and the other in 2nd grade! We were all in each other’s weddings, live about 15 min. apart and all have sons now too(ages: 2, 1 year, and 10 months)! We get together when jobs/life isn’t so busy (mani/pedi days, lunches, etc.) I’m sure once summer rolls around we’ll see each other more since our husbands have become friends and play on a sand volleyball league together!
Shannon 03.27.2011
I’m still close with my best friends friend ELEMENTARY school. I know! We have been buds for ~22 years! Though we live in different states, we too can pick up where we left off and thanks to Facebook, Blackberry Messenger and good ole e-mail, we still communicate in some form almost daily.
DawnK 03.27.2011
I have high school friends who are still excited to see me at the reunions, but we don’t really do anything with each other inbetween. I have a college friend, who I met in 1979, though, who I’m still close to and still hang out with. We are fortunate enough to live in the same city for the past 18 years. When we were apart, for about 10 years following college, though, we could pick right back up, when we did see each other.
I also have a friend from elementary school, that I still see once in a while. I should make arrangements to get together with her. It’s been a while. She lives about 30 miles away, but it’s just down the freeway, so doesn’t take too long to drive to her house.
Lisa (Dishes of Mrs. Fish) 03.27.2011
What a fun day!
Lately with my husband’s work taking him away from home more than he gets to be home, most of my keep in touch enjoy goes towards keeping in touch with him! I keep in touch mostly with a handful of friends from high school. One lives nearby and has lately become my running buddy! I love friends where you can just pick up where you left off. It’s the best!
Mimi 03.27.2011
I’m still super close with my high school friends, even though I’m in a different state. The same goes for us: We always pick up right where we left off!
Jess@atasteofconfidence 03.27.2011
Fun pictures:) My best friends are the ones from high school/ before high school. I hope it stays that way!