MIA

I have been a little MIA for the past week. One of my dearest friends from childhood was visiting last week with her family. We have not seen each other since her son was 2 months old. Her hubby happened to have a work conference in Scottsdale, so they flew out from the East Coast and spent the week with us. It was so wonderful to hang out together again. We have been friends since we were 2, so lots of memories and blackmail stories! :) We fit in quite a bit during their time here. We went to the Railroad Park, to a local airport for a tour, up to their hotel to swim and hang out, to a local park splash pad, out to dinner, and I know I am missing some stuff. Pumpkin adored her son. It was really adorable how she attached herself to him. You never can predict a 3 1/2 year old and an 18 month old! We have been friends for so long that it is nice when we can actually hang out together, it is like there was never a seperation. We will most likely see them next summer when our clan goes out to the East Coast, but probably not before then. We have found our rhythm back here, with the exception of Pumpkin asking where her friend is. It is hard to explain distance to a preschooler! It was such a wonderful week last week, I will be cherishing those memories for quite a long time!

Us with our kids. We traditionally take a picture of the two of us sitting on a couch, since that is what we did as kids. Now, there are jsut more of us!

Riding the train at the park. SO cute together!

My show-off at the splash pad. She was really giving her all in showmanship while they were here. She does love to be the center of attention :)

I had to include this one. We got Critter a new bathtub yesterday. It is a big ducky. I wanted to include some of those pictures, but they were not quite decent enough! Hubby actually took this one. I just love Critter's expression, he does think we are a little bit crazy with the camera. He will get used to it!