Goodbye

I knew five years ago that this day would come, but it always seemed so far away. Tonight, however, we had to hug some of our very best friends goodbye. Bryan and Terra are leaving in the morning and moving to North Dakota.

Goodbye is never easy, and words seem to fall short when someone has been such a huge part of your life for so long, and rather than getting ushy-gushy, let me just share some of MY favorite memories...

1. How when Abby was a baby she ALWAYS threw up on Auntie Terra.
2. A bird pooping on Collin's head when we went to the zoo.
3. Stuffing ourselves silly with ice cream (or anything else), which we happened to do tonight as well.
4. Laughing.
5. Long talks.
6. Loading up all our kiddos in the mini van and going places -- and talking through insane tantrums, screaming fits, and who knows what else.
7. Friends who were always willing to help out.
8. Playing Mario with Parker.
9. Collin being born.
10. Lots of family dinners, game nights, etc.
11. Getting my belly button pierced.
12. Going swimming.
13. Lilah's crazy pigtails (I need to find that one picture... I'll post it later.)
14. The adventures of "Bobby" and "Lala"
15. Calling poison control when Abby and Collin decided it'd be fun to play with pesticides.

We've had lots of good times and I could keep going...

Thank you, friends, for touching each of our lives in a special way. I know we'll be friends for life. We love you!





At our girls' night, Terra came up with special names for each of us. I thought that was fun and especially sweet. It definitely got the waterworks going! :)