BFFs

The last two weeks our family went to Utah and Idaho to visit with both my family and Ben's family. It will take several postings to put in all the fun things that we did, but to start with I want to share these fun pictures. On our way through Utah on the 19th we were fortunate enough to meet up with some old friends from when we lived in Utah. We have all moved away from the ward that we used to live in. Rebecca moved to Boise, Idaho. Amberlyn moved to Spanish Fork. Melissa moved to Heber. I was the last to move from the neighborhood 5 years ago when we moved to Arizona. Even though we have all gone our separate ways with our families, we have kept in touch through blogs, email, and phone calls. We were able to meet up at the park that was in our old neighborhood and it was so fun to be together again. Between the four of us we have 18 kids and it was great to see the kids all play together just like they used to, even though most of them did not remember each other. I don't know what I would have done without these wonderful friends when we were all living in the Cherry Hill Ward in Orem. I am so grateful for good friends that remain true and help me want to be a better person and a better mom. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedules to meet us for lunch. I love you all so much.

Amberlyn, me, Rebecca, and Melissa. We all showed up in black shirts. This was not planned, I promise we are not that nerdy.

All 18 of our children. Amberlyn has 6 kids, Rebecca has 5 kids, Melissa has 4 kids, including the brand new baby in front, and then there are my 4 kids.