Shelbys’ Spirit Animal….Llama

Shelbys’ Spirit Animal….Llama

Just in case you never heard Shelby complain about how her spirit animal is a Llama. I can hear her saying, ” no no, it couldn’t be a cute alpaca it has to be ugly Llama” and then quickly pull up a picture of how ugly Llama’s are and how cute Alpaca’s are.

It’s all about the icing….

It’s all about the icing….

Shelby and I became the Official XMas Gingerbread House team many years ago.   These photos are from 2011.  A sleepover, lots of laughing and 3 bags of sugar frosting later we would be the sticky but proud owners of the latest rendition of our candy houses.  And this year, to my surprise and delight, I got a text from Shelby “Can we make the gingerbread house tomorrow?”   With her list of candies on hand, and all the bowls, gingerbread and of course frosting we needed, she and I met in “Allen’s Room” and spent the afternoon together, pasting a house, and adding all the candy it would support.   It was the highlight of my Christmas this year.

little walks

little walks

I remember Shelby and I would love going for little walks down her road. We thought the scenery was really pretty, so I thought I’d capture that moment of her in front of the lake.

A sunny day

A sunny day

This is one of my favorite pictures of Shelby of all time! I did her makeup and she told me it was the first time she had felt beautiful since chemo.  We put on some cute dresses, sat on the porch,  talked and took alot of pictures.

On this day the community of family and friends came together to help do some yard work. There were so many smiling faces happy to help and SO MUCH got done.

There was not one not two but three dogs there! And Shelby was overwhelmed and excited by the cuteness. 

Surprise

Surprise


I remember when Shelby surprised me on my birthday, I blew up the mattress and then we just laid on it and took cute picures for a while.

-Kiera

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I was visiting for a sleepover, we went through coopys costumes and picked some stuff out so the dogs would be fancy for pictures.

Poppy has a bow on her head and cooper is looking dapper in his bow tie. It was so nice to see Shelby and hang out mask-free. Face masks, laughs, movies and snacks. A typical michaela/ Shelby sleepover .

-Michaela

Sleepover

Sleepover

Our sleepovers were the one thing I looked forward to every weekend. Every Friday or Saturday I’d stand by the phone waiting for her to call. When she did I would say I have to ask my mom by really I would just tell her I’m going to Shelby’s again and she would just say alright have fun. Girl didn’t know I was already packed hours ago. Our sleepovers were always so exciting and completely unpredictable. It was never planned. We would play just dance, have our own fashion runway shows, do our makeup, paint our nails, bake and make food, and always always laugh! And I hated leaving the next morning. I will forever cherish those moments and never ever forget those times together.