headless seal

Only one person will get this title. and that's a-ok.  HI KYMIE!!

I have this friend. Who I had many adventures with in my teenage days. But then she moved away-to St. Louis. Sad face.  

Last night she was in town with her husband's band. Check them out, they are very good!

And we had to goof off a little with the camera, of COURSE!

i love her.

we are models, can't you tell?!

it looks like i am sitting on her lap. i wasn't.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend. -John Leonard

proudly sporting my nerd card

i should be embarassed to show you this video. 

but...i'm not.

i am a nerd and i embrace it fully. 

plus, i had a blast on this bachelorette weekend camping trip with my besties!

without further ado, here i am {along with some great girls} in all my nerd glory: 

Songfest 2011 from Nicole Drysdale-Rickman on Vimeo.

we were never meant to do life on our own.

This weekend I am going up to the mountains to hang with my best girls (minus one)! There will be campfires, smores {of the vegetarian kind, for me, thank you}, funny stories, adventures, peeing outside {eek!} and sooo much more!

Oh, and laughing. Lots of laughing with these girls. Always.

Minus the blonde on the bottom left {who is quite a riot herself}, these five girls and I have been besties since high school or before! 

I don't know what I am trying to explain, do YOU?!

And my beautiful Jessi{far right} is getting married in a week!! This weekend is her bachelorette party! 

Thank God for these girls who have stood by me through some pretty rough times in my life. These girls of mine have had love enough for me to say the things I didn't want to hear but needed to, to hold my hand through death, life, love and MUCH pain, to make me laugh when I want to cry, and to always, always have a listening ear. 

God bless friendship. 

{and my Matty who will be home with five kids all weekend}

ps: Watch out mountains....here we come!!