06/08/2026
National Best Friends Day feels like the perfect day to share this crew. These 9 boys just wrapped up their 8th grade year and their final chapter of middle school together. Over the years, they've shared so much more than classrooms...some have played basketball together, some have run cross country and track together, and some have battled it out on the football field together. Through it all, they've built friendships that have lasted since their elementary school days.
One of their requests for this session was recreating the iconic poster from the book/movie "The Outsiders". They read it in their amazing 8th grade English teacher, Mrs. Taylor's class and even got the opportunity to visit the The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa. That story made quite an impression on them!
These boys kept me laughing the entire session. They're a bunch of goofballs, no doubt about it, but they're also genuinely great kids. The kind of kids who make you excited about the future and hopeful for what's ahead.
As they head off to high school together, I hope they never lose the friendships, memories, and brotherhood they've built over all these years. Here's to the next adventure, boys. I have a feeling the best is yet to come.
Happy National Best Friends Day