Happy Birthday, Mom [No, Not *That* One, Hah..]! ♥♥

I don't even know where to start.

kalyn. freakin'. powell. 

It's one of my best friends' birthdays today, and I can't begin to explain how much I love this girl and wish I could be there in the Gorge to celebrate with her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KALYN!!

This calls for a photo montage, and of course a corresponding, in-no-particular-order list of reasons [or moments in time] why this girl is one of my favs. Enjoy. ♥

1. She shares my love for music. Nevermind the time we together butchered a Laura Story song at church [we went on to NAIL it the second time around]. We sang together at her mom's wedding, and I'd say made up for it then :)

(Speaking of moms - here's one of my favorites of her & my favorite woman ever [[my mom]] dancing to some sort of music on a canal front in San Antonio.... hahaha) - 

hilarious. 

#25

2. We have no shame. Like, none. Like, the time Kalyn turned 25 and we went out in public dressed like this. On purpose. And her mom had to "assume liability" for ME, because the servers at the Mexican restaurant thought my ID was fake. I am 15 months older than Kalyn. Haha.

journey & steve miller band!

3. Concerts. Because concerts are awesome, and I don't know many people who don't enjoy them.. it's a matter of finding people who love the same music as you do. 

4. Traveling. Slash Moving. Slash Road tripping. Slash adventure. That one's from the time Kalyn up and moved from Ohio to Arizona; we're in Illinois in this picture, from when she stopped by to pick me up on the way. We ventured out over the next three days to Phoenix. 

border of colorado & new mexico

5. Nature. We love it. We embrace it. We explore it. We breathe it in and feel whole again. 

6. Action shots [& other miscellaneous photographs]. How many times have you tried to take a picture like this with multiple people, and it never seems to work out? Well... Kalyn & I never have that problem. We're mutually weird .. and apparently coordinated, as well.

winter.

summer!

7. Seasonal Schtuff: Whether it's snow or sun, we're ALL in. She's that friend that doesn't gripe about it being too cold, too hot, too humid, too whatever. We're spontaneous people, so it's rare that we ever "plan" these types of things out, but we charge a day headfirst and usually end up having a blast anyway. 

8. YOGA. We love yoga. Nobody said we were professionals at it [yet], but we'll try it anywhere at anytime.. even if it does mean we fall face first out of a canoe into the river. #crushedit.  

9. Animals - We love those, too! I'd actually forgotten about that ^^ until I dug through pictures for this blog entry - we found ourselves in San Antonio for a weekend a few years back and spent some time at SeaWorld... #DOLPHINS. That is all ;). 

before & after..

10. Good AND Bad: She's one of those friends who doesn't run away when there's a bad day. I don't know if by definition that would actually be a friend if he or she does do that when the storm hits, but over the past several years, she's been one of the few who runs to her friends when they're in need, not away. That particular day was a pretty awesome one gone pretty wrong in a matter of minutes [I am smiling like a delusional tard after totaling my bike into a tree...wearing that. Don't ask. #youngandWAYdumb].

11. Fitness, fitness, fiiiiitness! Or at least pretending to be. Haha. ^ That's the Run Like Hell a few years ago, in which we dressed up like ghosts from Pacman and joined a team of about 6 others to complete the entire game cast for 3 miles. Hilarious, if you'd been there to watch us run without the use of our arms :p 

hahahahaha

12. Our luck.. is usually spot on awful. Yep, that's right. This particular time was when we hopped into a friend's outdoor hammock and BROKE it. Nothing says, 'DIIIIIIIIET NOOOOW' quite like busting all but 2 strings on a 20-something string outdoor hammock made to support like, 4-500 pounds. Between the two of us, we've had some pretty solid moments where this type of luck has translated into real life, too... which...well, whatever. We plowed through and moved on. Haha. 

SO, BASICALLY.... 

This girl deserves all the BEST for today, and for the next year - Cheers to it being the BEST of the BEST yet.

best. :) 

Happy birthday, crazy lady. Love you!

compilation from facebook ;) 

xo | cmd