Lindseys Lovelys

on may 23rd

someone
had a birthday
(i may be a week and a day late but timeliness never was my best quality).
as fate would have it
we met one autumn afternoon
on the bus.
this bus:

this is Ashlee Leelar Larson.
born in the land of eskimo natives.
raised in the 801.

featured below is a classic forced smile photograph captured after a night of casual text and attempted socialization.
one of those awkard, "hey lets take a picture together" and then the awkward faces pressed against each other. she got accustomed to my awkward moment making early on.


this is ashlee circa 2007.
our friendship was in the fetus stage
until i discovered that...


she shares the same enthusiasm for Walmart novelties as well as all Utah inspired paraphernalia
as I do.
which is quite the rare quality.


as is her above average love for puppies. which was the initial motive in the adventure featured below. followed by 2 concussions.


we have been on aproximately 682 bad double dates together.
wing man came into the job description early on..


(featured above: bad date #37, followed by #81)

she was a little late to jump on the online social networking bandwagon.
this was the night we created her facebook account
after an ill fated game of croquet was ended a little early.


the memories have been flooding my head for hours
and bursts of laughter come with every picture i look at.
so i'm just going to get straight to the point:

10 lovelys about ashlee:
1. She looks amazing with brown hair


and blonde hair:


and red hair:


2. She is a domestic icon. she can cook anything. and not only is everything she makes edible but it is incredible!
3. because we take equally bad candid photos.4. i can always talk to her- about anything. unedited.
5. she is the most loyal friend i have ever had. she is also very easily convinced to taking a break from her daily productive routine and sitting on the couch with me to eat our daily caloric intake in one sitting.
6. she is gorgeous. even with banana chunks in her hair. you know someone is gorgeous when: you happen upon them early morning with no make up on sporting some back of the closet sweat pants- and you still want to look like them.
7. this girl's got jokes. i can think of no one i would have rather endured this night with:


(yes, that is a toy ambulance possibly stolen from a middle eastern refugee child and glued to a putting green obstacle.)

8. She hates to have her back scratched. therefore, church is wonderful because i never have to return the back scratch favor.

9. we have unsuccessfully tried to start about 6 business plans. without my partnership i'm fairly confident they would have had enormous success- she is just the smart ambitious type. don't be surprised if she owns half of corporate America in 5 years.

10. she is dependable. reliable. and less flaky than a Head and Shoulder'd scalp. best of all, i can always count on her for a better than good time.

She has even been known to serenade the masses.

only 6 more months until your half birthday..!
I love you!
I hope your day was special and wonderful
and full of lots of
presents!
I'm sorry that for your day i hopped on a plane
to the other side of the country.
and that i am too poor to fed-ex you a present.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!