My dear friend Julie recently had a birthday.

It was one of those significant birthdays. Like the ones you aren’t really looking forward to…the first number is a 5 and the second number is a 0. We have been best friends for 32 years, and friends for longer. She is a wonderful gal, and love her.

We had a fun day.

We rode Front Runner, shopped at the City Creek Center mall, we ate lunch at The Garden Restaurant. It was very nice. We sat in a nice spot with a view of the Salt Lake Temple. Then when I told them it was Julie’s birthday, they had her come to the middle of the restaurant and we all sang, and she released a balloon through the glass ceiling. How fun!

My favorite things about Julie are: We have a plethora of memories that are hysterically funny, we have made scary choices that we lived through, she is incredibly true and loyal, she loves me and I can tell she does, she plays a mean game of “Hand and Foot”, she’s my favorite friend to ride with at Lagoon, our children are all best friends, she shares with me, she’s fun to yard sale with, she loves the Lord and His gospel, and lives an honest life full of integrity. She is awesome! I am so blessed to have her in my life.

I love you, friend!