Lemonade with Livi: cupcakes & footprints.

I have been blessed with SO many amazing, wonderful friends and family and I wish I could blog about every single one of you! And I hope that someday I will actually be able to blog about all of you in the future because literally everyone that I am friends with has made such an impact on my life and you all deserve your own blog post for being the wonderful amazing people that you are! But for today, there is one certain friend that I want to blog about..... so until it is your turn to be blogged about, know that I love you and this post does not mean I don't love you any less. :) Enjoy!

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”

Today I got together and made NINETY-SIX cupcakes with my best friend from junior high (9th grade).

She and I were the complete package! We hung out every day, had the classic "note book" we passed between classes, and had sleepover almost every weekend. But because of a certain.... well, we'll call it a "reason". So because of a certain "reason" she and I fell away when I was in 10th grade, and weren't friends anymore. It was really weird and hard at first because it's always hard when you lose a best friend, especially so quickly and abruptly, but life went on and well, we just didn't really talk anymore. We kept in touch a little bit through facebook, and said hi in the halls, but we never really hung out. We always talked about going to lunch, but it never happened.

Well today she and I got together for the first time in three years and it honestly felt like we were never not friends! And after talking for awhile it was as if we were living in the same body the time we weren't even talking! It was seriously the best! We've both grown up, and now the "reason" is just funny thing to look back at and laugh. It actually kind of makes us a little mad knowing we got torn apart because of a "reason" like that! But because of this "reason", we've learned many life lessons and grown so much more! And on the plus side, both of us have moved on and found NEW "reasons" and we are both happier than we ever were! :)

It was her boyfriend's court of honor tonight so I helped her make 96 cupcakes! Her boyfriend is (Samoan) so hence the 96 cupcakes. ;) It was SO nice to be able to spend those 4 1/2 hours together (yes, it really took that long!) and just talk about old memories, and what we've missed in each others lives! I hope that she and I will be able to do something again soon because hanging out with her today made me realize just how many "footprints" or so to speak, she left in my heart. I will always treasure her friendship, and I'm so glad that she is a part of my life! :) Her boyfriend will putting his papers in soon, and then be leaving on his mission, so we will hopefully be able to do missionary stuff together! (Hooray!) Because we all know how much I love doing missionary stuff! ;) Haha! :)

So if you have a friend that you miss and you haven't talked to in a REALLY long time, I challenge you to do so. It just might make your life a billion times better! :) "Real true friends never leave your life for good, they just go on a mini vacation, then they come back and it's as if they never left." :)

Thank you Court! Your friendship means more to me than I think you know! It's amazing how Heavenly Father puts certain people in your life right when you need them most! TIMING IS EVERYTHING! I've missed you more than I realized, and thank you so much for a fun filled day, and the wonderful memories! I look forward to making many more! Especially because we will both be "Ladies in Waiting" Together. :) But once again, seriously thank you for being one of those friends that continually saves me life without even knowing it! Love you!............ and THAT'S a sip of Livi's Lemonade!

I can't find any pictures of us because we got a new computer and they're all on a hard drive I can't find, so for now I'll just post pictures of the cupcakes! (Court do you have a picture of us when we were little and the one we took today that I can post?)