Special

I'm a lucky girl. I have a good friend who makes super cute jewelry. And even better she shares her talent with her girlfriends--she host a jewlery making night once a week. We all get to come over and use her stuff and skills to make something for $5. She's incredible. And seriously $5?! Love her.

This week was photo night. I thought about what photo could be "the one." And I had to choose this one:

It's a self portait that Mike and I took at the beach. On old school film.

It was the Friday after Thanksgiving, 1993. It was a pretty great weekend.

Our first vacation together . . . during our first semester at BYU . . . later that night was the first time Mike told me he loved me . . . it was the first time Mike saw the Pacific Ocean--one of my most favorite things.

So this picture was pretty much the one. I love that it's so fun and candid.

Crysta helped me out and here's the result:

Julia (my sister) was with me. She really liked it too. She was holding it and looking at it and she looked up at me and said, "Jess, this is really special."

I think she was pretty much right.

Thanks for a great night Crysta!

So fun to have you in town, Julia. Please move here! Pretty please Aaron?