Last weekend some of my friends from high school came to visit. It's been quite a while since they were here, and now they brought kids so we were very excited. Nothing can replace getting together with the girls that know you and love you the most.

I clearly remember sitting around the lunch table in high school and each of us talking about what we were going to do with our lives. All of our plans....funny how things turn out. I had a plan--it was to go to school for business, graduate and live in a large city like NYC for a few years, live at least 1 year by myself, get married, have kids. I changed my major before I even got to college (and then 4 more times after that) graduated in Sociology of all things opposite of business and after visiting a friend living in Manhatten, wanted nothing to do with it. I also wasn't so keen on living by myself for any amount of time. I like having people around, especially after watching Fire in the Sky. But that's a whole other post for another time.

I'm sure that my friends' plans were different or similar I don't know--we didn't really talk about that this time around. I know that there are lots of things in all of our lives that we didn't plan for, but I think that each of them has handled themselves with grace and dignity and I hope the same can be said for me.

So here are a few pics of the kids, since I was threatened with bodily harm if I post any pics of the girls. We actually didn't get a group shot of us, which just goes to show you what life is all about these days. So here are the little punks:




No, we did not consult each other on the shoe purchase. Apparently, all boys this age love Lightening McQueen.


Do you know how hard it is to get 5 kids (well, not really Lexi--she's pretty stationary) to stay still in the rain?? I just cropped out Kyle and Lisa standing on the sidelines yelling at them to stay still :)