Amanda Webner and Crystle Zimmerman are inseparable.
They love the same wine, enjoy the same activities and dislike the same people.
They were there in each other's weddings and by each other's sides bringing babies into the world. Amanda, 31, has four kids now and Crystle, 30, has two.
Crystle Zimmerman was the matron of honor in Amanda Webner's wedding.
There was never a time when the two were not together, except for a difficult four years when Crystle moved to Fort Riley, Kansas where her husband was stationed.
"When she left for Fort Riley, it was devastating," Amanda said. "I didn't know I could be so devastated. That was the hardest good bye. I remember thinking I knew it was gonna be sad, but I didn't know how different my life would be, how much it effected everything."
"And how lonely it could be," Crystle added.
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When Crystle got the news that they'd be moving back to Tucson, she and Amanda counted down the days. And, they had a BIG party when she got here.
The distance was hard, but they're closer now than ever.
Last Thanksgiving, they did a big dinner together with their husbands and children for the first time.
Last Thanksgiving Amanda and Crystle celebrated the holidays together like a big happy family.
"The guys fried the turkey and we let the kids make a bunch of different sides. It was awesome. It was fun and the food was good," Crystle said.
Recently, the duo discovered they had two of the same things on their bucket lists - to go to Times Square for New Years and to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
"Now it has to happen together. Both of them," Amanda said.
Favorite thing about her
Crystle: There are so many. My favorite would be the love she has for my kids is almost as much as I love them.
Amanda: I love her laugh. Her laugh is contagious. You can not not laugh when she laughs.
Favorite lady date
Amanda: Getting our hair did.
Crystle: I love going to lunch and going to eat with no kids.
Funny moments
Amanda: I went to go visit Crystle when her and Tyler moved to Fort Riley, Kansas and it was toward the end of my trip and we had gone to a gas station and I didn't want to go in. I was being lazy. She went inside and she comes back and started freaking out right when she started to sit down. She's all 'oh my god! Oh my god!' And I'm like 'what's wrong?' And she's like 'I have a giant hole in my pants.' But I watched her walk away and didn't see it. She had stood in line with her husband's commanding officer behind her.
Crystle: And it was a huge rip I'm telling you from the top of my pants down to my butt cheek.
Amanda: Then she blamed me for not going with her because I would have seen it.
Another one was on our first girls night ever. Just the two of us. I was newly single, but she was with her husband and we went to the Cactus Moon and I got drunk and fell off of the bar stool right on my knees.
Crystle: I do remember that. Was that the same night this guy came up and kissed your face out of nowhere.
Amanda: That was the night...
Quirky habits
Crystle: Oh, She was literally just hiding out behind my desk right now because a certain person's typing drives her crazy so she comes and hides behind my desk...And the chewing noises drives her bonkers. If anyone is chewing around her she will want to stab her eyeball out.
Amanda: Her lotions. Crystle has to be lotioned up. Some dude told her in middle school that she has ashy elbows so she's a spaz about it.
Crystle: It traumatized me.
On a bad day
Amanda and Crystle: Alcohol!
Amanda: We both like the same wine. It's called Sweet Red Blend by Barefoot and we like Bud Light Lime. We'll show up with a six pack or a couple bottles of wine.
On being pregnant together
Amanda: We have two kids that are two months apart.
Crystle: We were pregnant at the same time with her second and my first. It was fun. My husband didn't believe I was pregnant for a while because he thought Amanda peed on the stick.
Amanda: We were both going through some drama at the time so we probably didn't enjoy it as much as we could. It's kinda cool though because they (the two kids) are like best friends now.
Crystle: I was here for her first two babies, and was heartbroken to be so far away for her last two babies' births. Of course, I received the first new born pics. And she was by my side for my two.
On sticking together
All dolled up for Crystle's 30th birthday.
Crystle: I honestly feel we both watched our dads go from childhood best buds to legit hating each other. And it never made sense to us, our families were so close. So, I feel like we will never do that to one another and our babies, as our babies are all so close. Like legit family bond. I'm getting teary eyed right now thinking about it.
Amanda: We stick together no matter what. And we don't allow people to come between us. Ever.
BFFs forever
Amanda: My life wouldn't be complete without her.
Crystle: She's my soul mate.
