I had a lovely time the past 2 weeks catching up with my friend Ashley, who was visiting from Brazil. Her 11 year old daughter and my boys have been friends their whole life, while her and I have been friends for about the same time. We had plenty of time to sit around and chat, thanks to her mother who watched the baby,(actually a toddler) and let us pop over to her house when we were at work. Nate's shop and Ashley's mom are right next to each other, so when I got tired of working, I'd go visiting.
This weekend, I packed up the boys and headed to Tonya's to see my newest niece. She is a tiny, fat little piggy baby, whom I totally enjoyed holding, but was happy to turn her back over to her mommy. We have not been to Alabama in a year and a half, so a visit was long overdue. We stayed 3 nights and that was the perfect amount for the younger children. My uncle used to say "fish and company go bad after 3 days", so I always keep that in mind, plus having 9 children 11 and younger under one roof for too long can get crazy. I could have talked to Tonya for 3 more days, because we never seem to run out of interesting things to discuss, but work and hubby were home so our visit had to end. The boys and I really miss having them close by, but I am glad that for the past couple of years they have been fairly close for frequent visits.
When we pulled into Tonya's neighborhood there was a young woman or teenager walking around in her driveway with her cheeks hanging out of her bathing suit. Luke caught sight of her and said, "ugh, we are really in the south now."
4 comments:
When my cheeks hang out of my bathing suit, its because I'm 39 and everything on my body is going south now!!!
LOL, that is too funny! That is good though that it seem to disgust him instead of him thinking it was cute!
hello catrina...;)i just found your comment over at my blog today.
i wasn't falling off the chair, just trying to lay flat, and the chair doesn't recline.
caleb took every picture of me that day...and yes i specifically chose one that wasn't a full body shot. :)
i can't believe how big Gabe gets everytime i see him again. he's doing the cutest little marching walk lately. they are such great parents. it's fun having cousins on our side now.
hope your enjoying the rest of your summer!
christy
Catrina,
I totally enjoyed hanging out with you during this trip. It is so nice that the boys and Sienna still have so much fun together. It was also nice to get to meet Amanda: ) We love you guys. You might not want to visit Brazil anytime soon cause we are way way way south down here! : )
Hugs,
Ashley
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