...and so she would dance: A VERY Merry Birthday to....

Chell.

my best friend.

my blood sister. (seriously... we got in a car accident together - legit.)

the strongest girl I know. (ripped spiritually as well as physically)

the most GORGEOUS girl on this planet.

(I'm not even exaggerating, look at these pictures...)

One of the most talented dancers I have ever seen.

(Also.. she's an incredible singer, make her put a video on facebook please!)

One of the kindest people I have ever met.

the girl who is closer to her Heavenly Father than anyone I know.

the most hysterical creature you will ever meet.

THE MOST AMAZING GIRL I KNOW.

Serious... and she's my best friend.

Ready for lots of pictures of our friendship? Here they come!!

P.S. That girl with the beautiful eyes in the middle? That's Amanda. She's also awesome beyond belief. I have the best friends in the land! This is my all-time favorite picture of the three of us. :)

This is us doing push-ups after BYU lost to U of U... before Chell betrayed me and became a Ute.

We get VERY invested in football games:

When our team loses... we get pretty emotional.

We go to wedding receptions...

just throwin down some moves on the dance floor... synchronized swimming style.

and we go to farewells together....

fun fact: before we became besties, I was not much of a crazy face maker... thankfully Michelle mended my ways.

We threw rockin dance company parties (which included delicious pancakes) together at 8 in the morning, because we were the bomb-diggity of a Pres and VP ( co presidents? What were we?)...

We eat delicious food together (which is now much healthier than what is shown in these pictures):

except... we still have a mozz stick obsession. Sonic is THE BEST.

We used to keep Nutella in Michelle's locker in high school... and walk the halls eating it during lunch. ... classy.

We do service together...

African daycare with PTSA... so. cute.

We watch quality movies together....

17 again.... for about the 17th time. Such a funny movie... and that scene where Zac Efron steps out of the car with the leather jacket.... woof!

One of our favorites... sooooo quotable! If you haven't seen it, please do! Also, please ignore the fact that this is proababy the most unflattering picture of me ever posted on the internet.
.

We go on crazy car rides together...

We kind of shared a cell phone during high school....

I had no phone... so since we were always together I just used chell's whenever I needed to text cute boys. ;) One time a guy asked for my number (for a perfectly legitimate reason... he wasn't even hitting on me) and I froze (because this was not a common occurence!) and turned to Michelle and said "Hey Michelle.... what's your number?" Ohhhhh so awkward.

We beautify eachother....(okay... she beautifies me, because OBVIOUSLY she doesn't need any beautifying.)

We take naps together....

And have sleepovers on the trampoline together...

Which usually turn into "stay up until 3 am dancing and jumping on the trampoline" overs...

Which turn into.. run into Michelle's room when it gets too cold/windy/the sprinklers turn on/there's a murderer with a gun in the field by her house...

We panic together...

We play foosball together - and kick bootay when we're on the same team. (okay, fine... chell wins no matter who's on her team. Which is why I'm always on her team, I'm a winner.)

proper foosball attire: footie pajamas.

We dance together...

Pretty sure this was the day that led to our friendship taking off...

BAHAHHAHA please tell me you guys think this is as hilarious as chell and I do... she shrunk me and put me next to her pointe shoe during photography once. GEM.

We workout together...

ADC Bootcamp.... good times.

We sweat together...

We bleed together...

aaaaand I could go on for days about our adventures and how awesome she is, but since it's 3:07 AM I'll start wrapping it up :)

FRIENDSHIP SUMMARY:

Chell's two years younger than me, we met on dance companies at our studio in high school. We've been besties for years - and fully intend to be forever. We're Cory and Shawn. (except neither of us is as rebellious or stupid as Shawn (and if you don't know what I mean by Cory and Shawn go watch all 7 seasons of Boy Meets World right now and don't come back until your finished! Best show EVER.))

I was at her house more than my own during high school, and consider her family, my family. I even go chill over there when she's not home. I love those peeps!! On Michelle's last day in our hometown last year - my mother wept because we were going to once again be separated. She WEPT. That's how tight our friendship is - people cry when we're apart.

It's been rough being apart, but we have a JOLLY good time whenever we're both in the same city... and our skype conversations are fantastic, please enjoy: