~Friends & Family~

Our little shark.




Ooooo sting ray!






Can I pet the spider?





What's down here dad?
Let me see let me see.



This weekend two of my girlfriends flew in from California and Vegas. Wendie and Shelby are two of my dearest friends from high school. It was nice to have girl time since I don't really get much of that anymore. Primarily because most of my friends work and those that don't I can't really call up and say "Will you go to the fabric store with me today because I can't decide on a print that I like for a picture board." Well I could, but you'd all tell me to go fly a kite because you have your own chores and kids to take care of. So, one of the exciting things we did this weekend was go to the fabric store to help me pick out a print for a picture board I've been wanting to make. Yeah!
They flew in Friday night and of course we were up til 1:00am talking about life, kids, and the pursuit of happiness. That led to a "remember when" session which ended with us looking up old high school chums on Facebook. We all got quite a bellyache from laughing so hard. You know the guys in high school that you thought were sooooooooooo hot? Yeah, and now they are soooooooooooooooooo fat!

Saturday we ventured downtown to visit a little bakery that Wendie was told to have pastries that measured up to the pastries she had in Paris. I don't think it quite hit the mark for her, but you know me I'll never turn down anything that's baked and has sugar on it. Later that day we went to the aquarium in Sandy. My mom works for CVE so we had free passes and we also got the grand tour of the exhibits they are adding on (still under construction). It was quite educational although Oakley could've cared less. He just wanted to play in the sting ray pool, splash water all over everybody, and run around like a mad man. Oh, and fyi Josh is now contemplating on becoming the sponsor for the anaconda exhibit.

Sunday was a lazy day. We went to Toys R Us because Wendie has been wanting to get Oakley a Sit N Spin since his birthday. The amazing thing is no one carries them anymore except Toys R Us. How sad that a 36 year old toy doesn't exist on the toy store shelves anymore. Can you believe they've been around this long? We also went to the fabric store then called it a day. The rest of the day we spent in my kitchen talking and eating and talking and eating. It was so nice to spend time with them I miss not having them around all the time, but it makes our visits more special. I love you guys, thanks for a wonderful weekend.