Arizona is not a place that ranks on the top of my husband's desitination list; however, seeing that we have such amazing friends there, it became our destination of choice for this past four-day weekend. We met our friends, David and April Price, in Minnesota during our graduate school days. David is also a hospital administrator and take a good look at him...does he look like anyone else you know?! Eerie. April and I were astounded the first time our husbands were together. To me, they look closer than just brothers...doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo. Adam seems to think it's their common ancestor, Brigham Young, that's the connection...hmm. We just love these people. Last year, our girls became fast friends and ever since then, Annie and Savannah talk frequently of their Arizona friends, Olivia and Savannah. It's a sweet friendship of American girl dolls, giggles, and sparkly nail polish. They spent most of the weekend enjoying each other.
Our other Arizona connection is the Mask family. They are dear friends that used to live here in Oxnard, but have since moved away. Thankfully, we have a beach five minutes away that is a surfing destination for Jeff--we get to see them a little more often, but not as often as we'd like! Their son, Dallin, and our Kate have been little buddies since they moved to Oxnard. As you can see, it must be true friendship to get Kate to build with Legos. We just love these people.
The two pictures below are before and after pictures of my kitchen in the morning before school. I had to document it. In 20 minutes flat, my kitchen is total chaos. After sending my little darlings off to school, I walk back in and...oh yea. However, I told my husband I'll wash dishes and wipe noses all day, instead of dealing with irrate doctors all day. No thanks. I'll take cuddling my babies and reading good stories like Little Bear, Make Way for Ducklings, and If you Give a Mouse a Cookie--and listening to Joseph say, "I need a piece of water, baby."
5 comments:
alexis! the kitchen pictures made me laugh, b/c I promise you, I go through that exact scenario 3-4 x every single day. And I have ONE child? I will spend 3x a day getting it spotless after every meal, to have havoc wrecked on it in minutes flat. I don't get how it happens!?
sounds like you had some great QT with friends over the weekend - always awesome!
your girls are gorgeous!!!
Oh, I'm so happy you came. It was soooo good to see you all again. My girls have (of course) been in withdrawal. I keep telling them to hold out for a month...they can do it!
lex! i ordered those adorable little crocheted clips from www.bellaziza.com. they were buy 4, get 2 free (coupon code MCKMAMA). they are just precious!! don't worry, now I think I can't give them up and must hang onto them for a rodriguezette. :)
I love having weekend getaways. It just gives you a nice little break. I also loved the picture of the kitchen. Same thing here! The worst is when you are trying to clean the rest of the house and by the time you get to the end of the chores those first chores you started with are already messed up.
I was having a hard time telling much difference between the before & after pictures. It seems that larger cyclones hit at my house!!! I'm just impressed that in the morning you start out clean. There are more times than I'd like when I start out the mornings with a mess. I'm with you -- as long as I get to stay home with my kids, I'll deal with it. Someday there will be such thing as a clean kitchen again and I'll probably wish there were kiddos around to mess it up!
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