I've been set FREE...: Chafin

This past weekend, Chafin's closest girl friends got together for her last weekend as a single woman. We're all so excited for her and Ray!

Chafin and I have been best friends since high school...she showed up on the first day of 9th grade & one of my first thoughts of her was that she had long beautiful hair and I noticed that she was carrying a hot pink book bag, yes hot pink! For those of you who know her now, her style has obviously changed! I didn't quite like her to begin with (back then I wasn't much for change)...but the next semester we had PE together and became best friends after we dominated in pickleball. Ever since then we have been inseparable....we flew together for the first time, straightened our hair with a real iron (what did we ever do before straighteners?!), we ran down the hall of our high school carrying a disected pig, I survived being pushed off of steps into a bush by Chafin of course:), she held my hand and made me jump off of the front end loader of a tractor into a pond because she knew I'd regret it if I didn't, she talked me into jumping into the blue lagoon, she never let me settle, we went to college together, roomed together, prayed together, laughed together, got scared out of our wits together, went through the biggest decisions and life changing parts of our lives together, pulled a few too many pranks (our brains weren't fully developed), ended up with a dead squirrel in our room (more specifically in Chafin's bed) due to the previous statement, traveled across the world together, I got chased around the streets of Shimla, India with peanuts dangling over my head in hopes that the monkeys would attack me (she has a strange way of loving me), we got to be a part of aiding the other's boyfriend in deciding on an engagement ring, we managed to marry people who have the same characteristics that drove us crazy in our own friendship (I guess the Lord was preparing us), she stood by my side when I married Bradley, and now I get to stand by hers as she marries Ray...the Lord has been so faithful to our friendship!

This is a glimpse of my best friend Chafin and a few of the many memories we've had together...she's confident, beautiful, strong-willed, adventurous, and one who can light up a room...I couldn't be more happy for my best friend:) You'll hear more about her after her wedding...which is a little over a week away!!!!

old high school pic...

couldn't find a better one, but notice mine and Chaf's matching flipped out hair...we were 15...give us a break.

Our all time favorite pic and the start of our pose.

My wedding day...

Some things never change...Chafin smashing snow in my face. I ended up with a nose bleed

Our Henna experience in India...If you notice Chafin's hand says Ray in the middle, traditionally an Indian woman will hide her significant other's name on her hand and make him find it on their wedding night.

Looks are deceiving, these little critters are mean. Chafin would try to get them to chase me...they climbed in one of our rooms once and stole everything yellow (true story).