Good Times!

Sometimes in life you have the rare opportunity to connect with someone that you know will be your friend for life.  I've had that opportunity with my dear friend, Jeannie.  We were in the same ward up in WA and have been friends since Alexa was just a few months old.  They moved to Tucson after us and we LOVED having them close again.  Then we had to up and leave for 7 years.  During that time they moved to Utah and now here we are back in Tucson missing our dear friends.  But in February I was so lucky to have Jeannie come down for the Gem show.  (Did I mention that she is crazy talented and can turn any piece of junk at a yard sale into a treasure and can find the perfect gem to put together to make jewelry?  Seriously the list could go on all the things she can do.)

We had a great time staying up talking until, well, let's just say a little late.  We see eye to eye on so many things, politics, parenting, etc. so we have a lot to talk about.  I only got a few pics but it was so fun to hang out.  It was just like old times.

 McKenna just adored her and acted like she had known her forever.

 Tim - THRILLED that Jeannie and I were going to be hanging out.

(That was just a little sarcasm.)

 And this is Jeannie's friend, Gina. (Well, I think I can call her my friend now too.)  She is just as creative as Jeannie and loves to make jewelry also.  It was so amazing to see the stuff they bought and to hear them talk about what they were going to make with all their findings. 

We had to get this picture of Gina and her hot sauce that she found for her husband.  She couldn't leave without something for him and sad that we couldn't find any for a while but it sure made it fun to have to go look for it.  She was so fun to have around andso sweet to my girls.  I sure hope they come again and stay with us - maybe even longer since this trip was just too short.

Oops!  Forgot to mention that we took a trip to Sauce and Frost.  Loved the food and the company.  Some of Jeannies friends from here came also so I was able to get to know more people in our Stake.