Me and My 'BFF'

So, everybody needs that special person who helps them through the tough times, laughs with them through the happy times and loves them no matter what, well my dear husband Matthew is certainly all of the above, however in this instance I am talking about my very dear friend Penny, or Penny-Lenny as I like to call her.

Penny and I met when we attended the same church ward in Modesto, California in 1998. We instantly formed a very special friendship that has remained wonderful even though we now live in different states. We are certainly more like sisters than friends.

Just before Christmas, Penny came to Oregon to visit me and meet our little Amelia, even though she was only here for a few days we had blast. We always had similar tastes and would often buy the same clothes or accessories. Well, nothing has changed, we own the same type of cell phone and even our home phones are the same, so maybe I shouldn't have been surprised by what happened during her visit. One evening we decided to put on our comfy PJ's and I couldn't believe it, she came out dressed in exactly the same PJ's as I planned to wear. It turned out we had bought them a year apart neither of us knowing the other one owned a pair.

We had a lot of fun shopping, making candy, looking after Amelia, we even had our photograph taken with Santa (photo to follow on another post). On her last night, Matthew was out of town, so we decided to go out for a drive and look at Christmas lights, we dressed up for the occasion in our matching 'Eeyore' PJ's and Santa hats, just for fun!

Here are just a few of the photo's taken during our time together.


Two beautiful girls...


Going out to see the Christmas lights...



I feel very blessed to have Penny-Lenny in my life and will always be grateful for her friendship.