Friends

Last weekend was HEAVENLY! I had 24 hours with my three best college friends EVER - Makila, Tiffany, and Leslie!!! We ate and talked and walked and shopped and laughed and cried and told stories about our kids and remembered "the olden days" before our now 13 children (between the 4 of us) entered onto the scene...

With these ladies, I feel like I don't have to TRY, you know? They know me, they like me anyway. No pressure, no pretending, no "putting on a happy face," no competing with each other in ways that "friends" sometimes do...just being together, enjoying each other's company, learning from each other, encouraging one another, offering mama-ing advice to one another...pure BLISS.

My parents graciously hosted the four of us (well, the five of us actually...Abraham came along for the ride because I wasn't quite ready to leave him yet!), and my mom outdid herself - a big brunch, egg casserole, monkey bread, fresh pineapple, yummy flavored coffee, and for late-night dessert, a variety of cheesecakes. {Sigh, happy sigh}.

The four of us girls are (somewhat seriously) contemplating a trip to a more exotic destination than Omaha. We joked (we were joking, right?) about waiting 'til our kiddos are grown, and planning a 2035 trip to Mexico or the Caribbean. But decided we needed something a little closer to home, a little sooner than 2035...so we might shoot for an excursion down to my folks' condo in Florida in the next 3-5 years (ish). Who knows?!? :)

Alright, I'll close then with a photo of the four of us girls...



My dear, dear friends - Makila (aka Milk), Me, Tiffany (aka Wifnut or Wifnutballhead), and Leslie (aka Les or Party Girl) :)