jen-ri 4 lyfe

21 years ago today, a beautiful blessing was born.

That's what "Emi' means in Japanese.

And a beautiful blessing, she is. :)

Jennae and I first met in the summer of '96. Her mom was pregnant when we moved in and I thought her mom was permanently shaped like that (I was 5...what can I say?)

Apparently, we were friends but we hardly recall those times.

I first invited her to my house to play in 5th grade. We made cookies. I used my hands to form the dough and place it on the tray. Jennae used a spoon. Later, my mom told me I should follow Jennae's example.

Jen Jen and I became close pals in middle school. We knew we were cool when I was NJHS president and then she would be next year's president. So, I passed on the torch. We have a picture together from that night. She was literally a foot taller than me.

We even dabbled in a bit of church ball from time to time:

By this time...we were old enough to go Girl's Camp. Oh Girl's Camp. Is there anything like it?

GC 2006

We thought matching every day would be cool for GC 2007

Speaking of summer 07, it is a legendary summer in our book of friendship. We were inseparable. We spent every single day together. And any moment we weren't together, we were on the phone. I still remember the days the she got texting- July 17, 2007. It was the greatest day.

We even had our birthday party together.

Making wishes with our two crushes nearby

We made dozens of high school memories together.

Wedding receptions *why didn't yall tell me to tuck my shirt in?

Prom

Jennae's Marquette Show

Lunchtime

Stake Softball

SMOSS reps 

Our Hannah Montana Phase

More Girls Camp mems

EFY

And then continued making memories in college <3

Jennae's 18th birthday

Hikes for dayyss

Summer Ten- summer of dreams

New Year's Eve- love being together during Christmas Break

Go Cougs

Concerts

#ldsconf

Summer girls. All of us.

Classic Photo Spot

Jennae and I will be best friends for life. We've been through so much together. She is always willing to listen to me worry and to laugh at my jokes :] She's beautiful, hilarious, diligent, kind, thoughtful, loyal, passionate, and delightful. Love you forever Jennae Emi <3