Last month I went to visit my very very good friend, Jen, in Texas. A little history. I met Jen when my family moved to New Jersey when I was 14 years old. I was a freshman, she a senior. She's actually the same age as my older brother, Taylor. Anywho. We socialized through the ward (she was home-schooling her senior year so we weren't at school together) and seminary. Eventually she and her parents opened up the cutest bead shop and I went to work for them, throwing birthday parties for (mostly) cute little girls. We've been best friends ever since. Sisters, really. She started kind of living at my house, at least on Sundays. Now she and her hubby and two adorable little girls (and one more on the way!) live in Texas, just minutes from where I lived before moving to NJ! Crazy, huh? So at least once a year for the past four years, one of us has come to visit the other. I'll admit, it's getting harder to do now that we both have kids but still so, so worth it.
We did some fun things while there: shopping, going to the zoo, Rita's, the dollar movie (Date Night, laughed my rear end off) and watched the entire third season of the Office (something we do every time we are together.) She also nicely took some fabulous pictures of my sweet Madi.
Thanks for the awesome visit Jen. Had a blast. Love ya!
At the zoo
Jen's girls love to ride the train.
They have this AWESOME bird exhibit at the Ft. Worth Zoo that is totally enclosed. You can buy bird food on a stick and feed the birds. The smaller ones will even hop onto the stick to eat!! (We got absolutely POURED on so don't mind my nasty hair. I wasn't sweating... that much.)
At the Grapevine Mills Mall
Around the house
Madi and Emi Jane (15 months)
Madi and Kylie (3 1/2)
We had a lot of fun with this tube. Might have to get one of those eventually.
Madi and Pickle. I know you would think a Dachshund wouldn't look a lot like/remind me of Muddy but Pickle sure did. He made me a little home sick. He's almost exactly the same color as my Muddler and has some other similar features too.
Pickle
Muddler
It was exciting for me to see how much Emi can do and to realize that soon Madi will be doing all of those things!
Here are some of the amazing pictures Jen took. I won't put all 50 gazillion up. These are some of my favorites.
7 comments:
Yay for fun visits to Texas! I just hope (cross my fingers) I can get out there right after Christmas!!!
It's weird seeing you doing stuff that I've done at home. Not so much the zoo, but we were just at Grapevine Mills in April.
Oh my gosh Madi is so adorable in those pictures with the fence in the background! I just love the last one! Oh I cannot stop looking at it!! Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun.
That last picture is so cute!!!
All of those girls are sweethearts!!
They are. We had so much fun.
I love love love those pictures Jen took of Madi!!!
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