Smiles and Laughter! :)

Okay! One more post for today! I REALLY need to get to my homework!

Smiling and laughing are two of my all-time favorite things to do. Yep, you should try 'em sometime! Amazing stuff! These actions not only make YOU feel better, but they make EVERYONE else feel better too! Try it. I mean it ... like RIGHT NOW! :D

Well, my friend, Kim Svoma, brings amazing smiles and laughter to my life. She is one of those mentor kind of people in my life. An older lady ... (Whoa! NOT old, old ... I mean older than I am ... ya know, she has a career and a husband and has been through more of life ... that's all I mean by the word old. Ha ha!) ... An older lady who has kind of taken me under her wing ... her wing of fun, smiles, laughter, and support. We have actually become good friends! She's one of those amazing Grace people! Yep, Grace Fellowship Church! That's the one I'm talkin' about! It's my second church family and home! The people there are so amazing I don't know what to do with myself! My friend, Ben Nilsen, is trying to convert me ... but I'm not giving in ... yet. ;) But yeah! Kim is from Grace. A great place! A great woman! And we are becoming good friends. :)

About a month ago, now .... we went out to dinner. We met for the purpose of me picking something up from her, but we decided to make an evening out of it ... probably because we got to Los Rancheros (a great mexican restaurant that you ALL should try sometime!), and some of the first words out of her mouth were, "I forgot the stuff I was supposed to bring you." It gave us a good laugh. :) So we made an evening of it!

Kim is a talker (and I mean that in a GOOD way!). She loves to sit and talk to people about what's going on in their lives. And she always brings humor into it somehow. She is such a hoot! So we sat down and talked about all the things I was excited about at the time. Something really big and fun had happened recently, and it was fun to tell her all about it! We had a great time ... lots of smiling and laughing. :) After dinner, we headed to her house to pick up what she forgot to bring. And it turned into an incredible evening of fun! We laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling for close to an hour talking about life and other fun things. Then ... ha! We went upstairs and I tried on nearly every outfit she owns! Actually, she was getting rid of a lot of clothes, and she's about my size. So I tried on some fun clothes (Free clothes! - Sweet!). Then! She found some fun dresses, and she said I had to try them on! ... I'm not a dress kind of person. I own two. One I wore to prom my senior year and the other I bought specifically for all the weddings I'm going to this year. I'm just a tomboy at heart. But it was fun trying on the dresses. It was just a great night full of smiles and laughter and genuine friendship!

Kim has been a great friend full of support and love for me. I am excited to continue our friendship! Let the smiles and laughter continue!!! :D