These lovely ladies are my lifelong friends. I have known Afton, Rae Lynn, and Eva since before kindergarten, and became super close with Valerie and Lauren when they moved to Arizona when I turned 16. I have been through so much with these girls, and although many miles separate a lot of us, it's easy to pick up right where we left off when we can get together. The last time we were all together is when Valerie and Lauren came to visit me after I had Kaige. Valerie was pregnant then, and she just so happened to be pregnant this trip too. If that's how it works, I'm looking forward to her being pregnant with her 4th. I was pregnant too, and because I get so sick I was kind of a party pooper. But we did have fun! Things just didn't work like we had planned. We didn't go away to some exotic destination, and most of the things on our want list never happened. But it was fun! And I can't wait to do it again. We were afraid Rae wasn't going to be able to join us, but her and Lonnie ended up able to spend all of Saturday with us after all. Lonnie was a good sport and went out on the town with all 6 of us girls. Somehow at lunch with the waiter we joked about Sister Wives with Lonnie, I think at some point the waiter even said at least you aren't Mormon or something like that. Well the Sister Wives joke just grew and grew. Lots of laughs. The picture of us in front of the fire truck with our number. I'm wife number 5. Probably one of those times, that you had to be there, but it was fun. We had fun bowling, getting together at the park with friends from high school and just spending time reminiscing. I really do hope we can all get together again sooner than later. Maybe when work, kids, pregnancies, and life isn't so complicated we can all meet up in San Diego for a relaxing girl's trip. Life is nuts, by then we might be celebrating 50 years of friendship.
