It is...FEBRUARY part 1

I love February! It is the month of my Daddy, Sister in Christ, good friend, and cousin's birthday! WOOOT! Shout out to Maddie, Amanda, My Dad and Brianna!! I love you all! Maddie and Amanda are turning 16! WOOOT! I love these girls so much! I've known both of them for a long time!

Amanda I met at soccer! Good ol' AYSO! But what we didn't know is we lived right by each other! Well we didn't know till we drove home from practice and I followed Amanda right to our houses! I lived on the bottom of the hill and she lived on the other side at the bottom! Our Mom's started walking while we were at practice and soon became walking partners even when soccer wasn't happening! Now they have been going for 10 years walking all around our town! I and Amanda have still been friends for 10 years! We started playing in 2000 so technically we have been friends for 11 years now! But whose counting? Its not about the years its about the memories we have made in those 11 years! I remember a lot of stuff we have done the bad and the good. While our parents walked we did some crazy stuff! Some that I will not mention! I remember us always thinking "you know if we were just 16" that was the age we always wanted to be! And now here we are! I am 16 and shes 12 days away! But it is not what I expected it to be! I remember when I remember when we were washing the van and it was a hot day...and we became soaking wet! The hose fight lasted a long time. Until Amanda found a bucket with paint in it. Well then it became a water and paint fight! We would grab as much paint as we could then wipe it on each other then run away! It was a very fun time! (Come to think of it i still having paint on my shorts) We were so carefree and just living it up in the moment. I miss those days. We always said we would be SO close when we got older. We are still close mind you but she has been doing her thing and I have been doing mine. I hate how we don't see each other that much but both of us are so busy! Shes doing soccer still and I'm doing Drama! But we will always have our memories! The good ones and the bad! Happy Birthday sweet 16 Amanda! (in 12 more days)

Lets see, I met Maddie when we were about 3 or 4 years old I believe and have been close ever since! I wouldn't say we are two peas in a pod cause we are both very different! But at the same time very much the same! We used to talk on the phone for HOURS before we had IM and texting! When we would go over to each others houses we would play make believe! Our imaginations were all that we needed! I remember playing at her house but the tree we would play in had a bee hive living in it. I HATE bees! I would never want to go on that side of the house. But that side of the house was the best side! It had a green house that we would make as either our head quarters, house or prison! In the summer it would get so hot and stuffy we could only be in there for about 5 mins then we would have to go attack bad guys! If the bees were really active we would play inside! (Cause I am a scardy cat) Our inside games were store dress up and playing with her camcorder when she got it! Store was my favorite! We would get all types of things nail polish, little knickknacks, and sometimes clothes. Then one would be the shopper and one would be the cashier. Mad had lots of fake money (We were both homeschooled and fake money is a must for all homeschool families!) so we would always play with that! Dress up we would play with my sisters and create characters who all related to each other in some way or another! We had such great times! This past year I and Mad were having growing up issues. Let me explain the issue: we don't want to grow up. We had to take a college course for the first time last semester! Boy was that a new thing for both of us! This past year I have seen my shy but extremely beautiful and smart caterpillar friend grow into a beautiful butterfly! She is just as out going as me or even more so! She thinks so logically (which is the opposite of me)! She is sooo sweet to everyone and always gives people the benefit of the doubt! She is turning into a Godly woman! She truly has the child like faith! Which I admire more then anything! I have found out we are like family. Why? Because we have that connection where we can look at each other and know exactly what the one is thinking! We can tell if there is something wrong AND get it out of each other! We truly are sisters in Christ! Thank You Mad for putting up with me and being the friend who is always there to pick me up! Through the thick and thin! Happy Birthday sweet 16 Madsters!! (in 25 more days)