As I have mentioned in a previous post about our friends the Howard's, we say goodbye to people often here. One of the not so fun aspects of living in a college town. This last week my best friend Kelly moved away. I feel a real sense of loss, and I'm not sure it's even quite hit me yet. We have spent the last 2 years and 3 months speed walking together almost every day(only missing if someone was really sick, or Fridays during the winters when community hour isn't available at the indoor track), and having our social hour at the same time and after while the boys played on the playground. I do feel so blessed though that we were able to be friends and workout partners for so long. It really helped having her there to make me really want to go every single day. We had so much fun! Even when we were pregnant with our second we walked, slowing down gradually together as we were only 3 days apart in our due dates, and as soon as the six weeks post partum was near we started up again. Despite moving to Rexburg, a place I couldn't believe I was moving to, I really have loved it a lot more than I thought I would, and a large part of that is because of Kelly. Thank you so much!
Here is a look at us and our kids through the last couple years.
May 16, 2007 David with Tanner and Kaylee(she and her Mom were also our walking buddies from Feb '07 to about July '07)
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May 24, 2007 Hanging out with Kelly and Tanner after a walk.
September 20, 2007 Tanner giving David a hug. They weren't quite crawling yet!.jpg)
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February 11, 2008 Playing on campus after our indoor walk. Look at the difference 3 months makes?.jpg)
March 7, 2008 Hanging out on a Friday when we couldn't walk..jpg)
April 4, 2008 Playing on the tennis courts cause we were still nervous about letting them climb on the toys. It wasn't long though before they were trying it out.
May 3, 2008 Kelly and I with our friend Tiffany at my baby shower.+-+Copy.jpg)
Kelly had me take pictures of her with her belly. That was so fun!.jpg)
July Then I took pictures of her new son at a month old.
July 12, 2008 Enjoying the beautiful summer every day on our walks....JPG)
July 18, 2008 Our babies at the ward campout.JPG)
August 7, 2008 Taking pictures of the whole family....JPG)
August 21, 2008 Our families hanging out outside her apartment with some other friends as well.+B.JPG)
September 11, 2008 The boys playing around after Kelly took pictures of our family..JPG)
November 25, 2008 The last of the warm(enough) days.
January 23, 2009 Hanging out once again on a Friday. I'm not a big TV fan, but they were watching Baby Einstiens and I thought it was cute.
March 18, 2009 The first warm day("warm" meaning lower-mid 40's-that's warm after the Rexburg winters) where we decided to walk on the outdoor track rather than the indoor one.
Kelly and I. It's a really bad picture of me but that's ok!
I miss you Kelly but hope you're having a great time!
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4 comments:
I got all teary eyed. What a nice post. So fun to look back at those pictures. We had some really good times. You helped make Rexburg bearable for all those years, for sure! We miss you.
What a sweet post. Those are some great pictures. I know what you mean, living in a college town means losing friends at the end of the year. A lot of our friends are leaving this summer. It looks like Kelly was a really good friend to you and I am sure it was vice versa.
This is such a nice "love" note to your friend! I love the black and white pictures and, you're right, it's amazing to see how much they change in a few months. It was so hard to leave close friends behind in WA - it must be a struggle to do it so often. I'm glad the internet makes the world a bit smaller, so we can stay in touch with people.
What a sweet post.
P.S. I know you asked forever ago, but I finally figured out who Bruce and Stephanie Drennan are- Enoch used to work with them at Melaleuca and they recently moved in underneath us. They're in our ward now.
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