ashley. smashly. hole. birthday girl. wom. bff.

Today is Ashley's 24th birthday! I have so many fond memories with this, my oldest friend. I met Ashley on my first day of 4th grade in Colorado. I was wearing a fabulous outfit and thats probably what first attracted her to be my friend. I remember it was a goldenrod cardigan with a white turtleneck under it and either my navy trousers or my oh-so-matchy golden skirt. Either way, I was probably sporting some penny loafers that were my mom's and too big for me, but when its the early 90's and you wear 2 pairs of socks to be cool, its ok if your shoes are oversized. I also had a purple splatter paint backpack that my mom had longingly puffy-painted KIRSTEN on. Ashley and I were instant best friends. She loved gymnastics, I loved gymnastics. (though I was never the state champion like she ended up being) She got pizza lunch on fridays. me too. She loved trolls and jacks and I was all about them. We even had crushes on a set of twins, tanner and tyson. I think I would have totally hated moving to Colorado if I hadn't found Ashley. She is just so fun. She has this great laugh that makes everyone else laugh. She is crazy but a REALLLLLLY good person so her craziness doesn't get the best of her :) We stayed best friends all through middle school and high school. She went to college at CU so I went to see her a lot while I was on breaks from school but now she lives in Seattle so seeing her doesn't happen as much. All 6 of us were together in December for Melissa's wedding in Denver. It was so fun (and a bit annoying for our spouses, i'm sure :) to be with my girls. I am so happy to know you, ashley rose. You are fabulous and I am so glad that we will always be friends. Happy birthday!!!