It is April 22nd and aparently I have 3 known friends with Birthdays on this day. So whyyyy are so many of my friends born on April 22nd? It's just not natural....I swear its a conspiracy. Something about the price spike in steaks at the Hospital cafeteria I am sure, or trying to raise money for a new coffee machine in the Doctor's lounge.
I've never had three friends with Birthdays on the same day, maybe my group of friends is widening, wait no, I've known these three people for a long time.
So much for that....
But anyhoo a Birthday tribute to them
Happy 16th Birthday TashE!!!
16th Birthday and she was helping clean the kitchen that morning. There is something to be said for Natasha Wilson, I pity all you who don't know her (really, I do). Tasha is probably up in that 'Top Ten Funny People I Know' list for me (if not, top 5) She can make me laugh so hard I get an entire ab workout. Without Tasha I would most likely have spent a good chunk of my life in Russia absolutely bored out of my skull.
Tasha is one of the bravest girls I know, I mean come on, it takes courage to jump off cliffs into glacier water or raft down class 3 possibly class 4 rapids. And it takes courage to go to a 5 day Russian camp (with only a few days’ notice) and heck; it takes courage to live in a foreign country! Especially when you are going to be the only kid in your family come summer (sister is going to college)
Tasha is one of those girls who it wouldn't matter if she really did have hair that would turn Taylor Swift green with envy, or eyes that make you want to jump up and hug someone. That stuff isn't even necessary because of her personality. She kills you with kindness before her eyes get a chance to win you over. And if that doesn't work (and by golly it will) she will win you over with her amazing culinary God given talent.
102. Happy Birthday You Fantastic Girl, You!
(above) Tasha swimming down rapids September 2009
(below) Tash jumping into glacier water at the White River September 2011
Tasha at the spring Royal Ranger camp March 2012
Happy 15th Birthday Miles!
Shoot. I guess I have to say something nice about Miles now huh? Its ok, I am sure I can come up with SOMETHING if I think reeeaaaalll hard.....
I'm just kidding.
Miles is pretty awesome as well. Though he is an absurdly strange individual (see picture below) and he does like fishing...God rest his soul.... But in all seriousness, he's just one of those persons that naturally brightens up the room (all the Gardner kids are like that, but it’s not their birthday so, harrumph, so special treatment) I've never seen Miles in a bad mood; he's always getting someone to laugh. He’s just like that, making people smile whether it’s from a cheesy joke, something unbelievably stupid he might do, or just being a good friend, he'll make you smile. Oh and probably one of the coolest things about him, he’s got one kick butt Old Man British accent, seriously jealous of that. (That in its self is worth 100+ exp. points in life)
103. Happy Birthday...Even Though You Like Fishing...
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| (above) Miles fishing on Anna Maria Island, Florida (below) Miles being stupid (duherrr) |
Annd person number 3
Happy 15th Birthday Hayden!
Truth be told, I don't have really any pictures of Hayden. But that doesn't mean I have nothing to say.
First of all I probably owe him another apology.... Hayden I am sorry for writing you that letter from Little Rascals... you are going to have to go to Emily if you want an apology for the spit inside of it....
(Letter goes something like this: Dear Hayden, I hate your stinking guts. You make me vomit. You're scum between my toes! Love, Madison and Emily.) I would like to say that we were only 8 when we gave him this...but we could have been older.... Me and Emily used to hide from Hayden because he had that gentlemanly habit of giving you a hug before he left. (Yeah I know, what kind of girls were we?! Running away from a hug)
Hayden would like me to apologize for tying him to the fence....but that's not going to happen. I was totally in the right. It was a Backyard Battle Girls vs. Boys, they got the baseball bats first but we got the jump ropes and the water guns. So he had it coming to him.
So in reality Hayden is just a nice friendly guy who was in the right place (or cousins’ backyard, most likely on Easter) at the wrong time.
I was just thinking yesterday about how we used to play at Grandma Greene's house, we would make all these awesome Lego airplanes and tie them in the doorways swinging them back and forth till they shattered everywhere, or hit someone in the eye…I remember Hayden had one of those cool hovercraft things you only see on rip-off tv commercials (10 dollars! plus 39.99 shipping and handling) I think we got in trouble for using it in the house. We used to watch Wishbone and play checkers...hahaha. I had almost forgotten about all this! Hayden is a pretty cool person, to bad I only see him once every few years, oh the curses of living overseas. Happy Birthday anyways Hayden!
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| (I did not take this picture, whoever did, genius, pure genius) |
P.S. anyone who listens to Adventures in Odyssey, Hayden sounds like Alex Jefferson, only slightly more Southern (just so you can get a better picture of him, since I only have like one picture)
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