Thank you!!

Did you really think that is how I was gonna wrap up our trip to Texas???  I didn't think so... =)

Randy, Sara, Josh, Faith & Austin,

     We cannot thank you enough for having us out to visit you.  We enjoyed our time with you eminencely, although I do have to say it went by too fast.  You welcome us with open arms and make us feel so comfortable and "at home".  Sara I miss you so much, it's so nice being around you, I don't have to be anything but myself, its comfortable and you still love me for me.  Its great because we have no expectations of one another, we can do or not do and its ok, our kids can be crazy and its ok, we can talk, openly and honestly to each other and not have to worry that the other is thinking, "yeah shes got problems", lol.  It's just so comfortable, so natural, so easy to be friends.  Sara, you are a beautiful, fit, athletic wife, mom & best friend, you are sweet, caring, understanding and just plain awesome!!! Thank you for always being there even when were so far apart.  I love you! 

     Thank you again, so much!  We love you all!!  Oh, and only 6 more months till we see each other again.  =)  Yes, the count down has officially begun.  =)

I have to share something with the rest of you, Sara, darn her, beat me to the card thing, I swear it was here the day after I got home, but it had the sweetest, most beautiful and might I add fitting poem in it.  

More Than Friends

God didn't create us with the same bloodline...

But he might as well have.

For you and I have mixed our diversity

Into an eternal blend of sacred sisterhood

Stronger than any natural bond.

As the finger of fate allowed our paths to cross,

We reached out and grabbed each other, refusing to ever let go...

Two wacky women clinging to each other as if our lives depended on it.

We are sisters by choice...not by chance.

How wonderful that you get me and I get you.

We accept each other "as is"...

No apologies, no excuses, no judgments.

Whether laughing hysterically until we cry

Or crying buckets of tears until we laugh,

You embrace all the goodness I have to offer,

And then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

It's the way sisterhood should be.

Maybe God did have a hand in bringing us together...

two soul mates, two friends, two eternal spirits.

Forever friends...forever sisters.

-Suzy Toronto

Texas 4

Sorry for the delay in this post...on to our last day/night in Texas.  For the most part we just relaxed and hung out, later in the afternoon, we went and did a photo shoot, I wish so bad they were closer, they are great models, I will post pictures from their shoot later, but after our shoot we came home, lit a fire and made s'mores!!  It was so nice hanging out and eating melted marshmallows and warm chocolate, mmmm.  

of course it took Allison till our last day there to willingly go to Faith.  =}

Best Friends with our kiddos...even they are all best friends, they love each other so much!

Me and my bestest friend Randy.  =)

Love this picture, Allison's smile is too cute!

Love this one too, she just loves her Aunt Sara.

Finally enjoying the yummy goodness of a S'more.

Sara was in heaven rocking Allison to sleep, Allison didn't seem to mind her too much either.  =)

The kids all fought over who was gonna sleep with Ashley each night, well Austin was in heaven when he finally got his night.  They are so cute!

We had an early flight home...this was the girls when we stopped in Albuquerque...they were so tired.

Texas 3

We didn't have to be out and about to be having fun.  We had a great time just hanging out in our PJ's at home too.  The kids loved playing together and did it well.  Sara and I talked like we haven't talked in years, we talk/text on a daily basis and I still don't feel like we ever get fully caught up.  Sara and I enjoyed time together cooking, baking, watching shows, especially the Miss America pageant, we had our own judges worksheet and panel going, get this we pretty much picked the winners.  =)  Here are some of our "hanging" out pictures.

Crazy Bath Time Hair do's

All of us getting ready to have treats and watch Mr. Poppers Penguins...gotta love automatic timers.  =)

Playing airplane with Uncle Randy

These too just love each other so much, Austin was showing us how strong he is by picking Ashley up.

Look at those GUNS!!

Allison wanted to be picked up too, i think she too may have a little bit of a crush on Austin.  Look how cute she crosses her feet, i guess she was comfortable in his arms.  

All the kiddos

These dance videos are hilarious!!  They were so silly!

Texas 2

My posts are continuing to grow.. maybe we did do a lot.  And we sure took a lot more pictures then I thought we did, lol.  One of things I wanted to be sure to see while in Midland was an oil rig/pump.  So Sara took us to the petroleum museum.  We didn't go in, we just drove around and looked at all the oil rigs, it was so cool, got some great pictures of the girls and Ashley and Sara. I guess you can say we had a mini photo shoot.  =)  

These two have always had a special close bond and always take the cutest pictures together.  

After the petroleum museum we went to pick the kids up from school then stopped by the park/pond to feed the ducks.  It was so fun, there were so many!  They let me hand feed them and they followed Ashley everywhere she went.  They even ended up following our car as we drove away. 

The best thing about this is after we finished off our many loafs a bread we saw a sign that said please do not feed the ducks, lol, oops.  =}

Are you wondering where Allison is?  Well she crashed on the way to get the kids, so we just let her sleep.  =)  Too bad because she would have loved the ducks.  

We also got to watch one of Faith's gymnastics practices, one of Austin's indoor soccer games and Josh's basketball game.  They all did so well st their sport, i am glad we got to watch them.  I also got to work one on one with Faith in getting her backhand spring down.  She is so close and while I was there did great and I'd say had it 90% on her own.  Keep working on it Sweet pea, your so close I know you can do it.  Well that is it for now, be sure to check back for more pictures later.  =) 

Texas

We are home from visiting the Karg's in Texas.  We had such a great time, and our four days flew by way too quick.  The sad thing is we really didn't do a whole lot.  Prior to leaving for our trip people would ask "what part of Texas are you going too" I'd say Midland and they would give me a look like ok... See the thing is, we may have been going to Midland, a smaller town, with nothing too exciting going on, but for us we weren't going to Midland, we were going to see our best friends.  For us it was about catching up, hanging out and just spending time together...and we did just that!!

Our countdown began the day after Christmas, the girls, especially Ashley could hardly wait to get to Phoenix.

Here we are waiting at the airport.  The girls did great on the flights, we even had to transfer planes in Albuquerque. We arrived around 10 o'clock at night, so the kids were all in bed when we got there.  Ashley was able to sneak in some hugs and kisses to Faith and Austin.  

The next morning we took our time getting up and getting ready.  One of the things Midland is know for is it is where President George Bush grew up, so of course we had to stop by and take a picture outside his childhood home.  =)

we had to stop by and have Bahama Bucks, i absolutely love this place, I think I'm the one who introduced it to Sara, anyway its been forever since I have been and after having one I am not sure why cuz it was so yummy!!! The girls loved them too, needless to say we went back a couple more times while we were there.

On Friday we surprised Austin and Faith and had lunch with them at school.  They enjoyed showing the girls off to their teachers and friends and showing us their classrooms.  

We had to stop by and see a fire station, while we were there.  Their downtown station had a small ll little museum in the front, after we looked at that we got a tour of the whole station and all the fire trucks.  They were so nice, we spent almost 2 hours there.  Do you remember Baby Jessica? Well, I totally forgot till this day, that this is where she lived, where she fell in the well at, where she was rescued.  A couple of the fire fighters that actually rescued her were there that they, so cool!  I remember being a little girl and being glued to the TV watching them save her that day. There in the station, they had the backboard and a few other things from the rescue of baby Jessica.

Another quinky dink is, Midlands Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal, actually used to work for Prescott fire, small world aaa?  Yup, he knows many of the guys still on the department here, so it was fun to chat and share stories of him about home.  

This was the poor guy who got stuck showing us around and putting up with us the whole time.  =)  He actually said we weren't too bad, he said it was nice giving a tour to people who already knew fire stuff.  =)

Well, that is it, ha you should know better that there is more to come, so check back soon, for more pictures and stories of our trip to Texas.  

Were off...

The girls and I are off to Texas to visit...

 My bestest friend Randy....

my best friend Sara....

and of course the kids

We are so excited and can't wait!!  Stay tuned i'm sure I will have lots of posts to come. =)

Snowboarding

Jordan's church had a snowboarding trip planned for January 7th, well earlier in the week, it got cancelled.  Jordan and her friends were so bummed because they were really looking forward to the trip.  So she called us, it worked out great, Dan had the weekend off and I was able to move my plans around and Grandma & Grandpa were free to watch the girls.  =)  

We had a FUN trip to Sunrise.  The snow conditions were not very good, it was SUPER icy, but we all had a good time.  

 Jordan and Garrett

 Ashlyn & Jordan

 The girls has a great day with Grandma and Grandpa.  They went to the movies and played around the house. Here are some pictures from there time with Grandma & Grandpa.

 Allison fell asleep on Grandpa in the movie