Crazy full getaway fun!

2nd generation here of a very special friendship!

Of course my art teacher friend has a fun creative art class for a party!

such great silly faces!!

I had to take a picture of her back yard decor.   It amused me since I have almost the exact same decoration on my porch.   Great minds and all that.

 My dear buddy Manda Gail!    :)

Yeah!  a race to the ball field 2 hours away to see my sweet nephew pitch his first game!! 

 I was so thrilled I got to see him pitch!

My girls looooove them some crazy Aunt Sue.  It's always a party when she's around!

I could eat this little guy up....agh! he's getting not so little anymore!!!!

Doesn't like his picture taken, but mwaa haa haa his Aunt Alli was faster! He is evasive but I can be fast too and I did get my squeeze!  He's growing up so I spared him the smooch.  I do still want him to like me, sweet thing!

I didn't plan to post these 2 shots on top of one another but I love the mini Sue and mini me photo just above their mommies : )

Two very tired sisters turned zombies after an insane few days but totally worth pushing through exhaustion to get some much needed time together!!

Visiting Sue's church,  every bit as wild as she is and we loved it!

Loving seeing Sue and Alexander on the praise teams

It was a blast but it wore their butts OUT! This is exactly 5 minutes after we left Sue's house! :)

What a wild wonderful weekend across our state and back again to see 2 very special events with 2 very special families.    We headed out on a Friday to spend the night with my old buddy Amanda and be able to share her daughter's 5th birthday party.  It was so fun to see her beautiful new house and stay up late into the night on her front porch listening to crickets, sipping wine and catching up on life. Sweet Matt owned up to dealing with the 3 princesses inside and getting them all to settle down and leave us alone so we could enjoy each other.    The more years we pack onto this friendship the dearer it is to us both.  There is something special about a relationship that started in childhood.   We had a blast at Callie's bday party and our 3 girls just connect with as much ease as their mommies no matter how much time spreads between visits.  
     After the party ended we raced 2 more hours to the coast to hopefully catch Alexander pitching his first game.  We made it to the game just in time and I was the typical annoying aunt that I aspire to be screaming for him from the sidelines.   It was a blast to be in such a different world then we are accustomed to with dance.    I was cracking up at the baseball parent drama that was brewing behind the chain link fence.    I became aware that any activity involving competitive little people would inevitably include opinionated parents in the wings.   I loved watching the game and being up to dust  in Sue's world for a change.   Alexander did amazing and we were all so proud of him.   We grabbed some fast food and headed back to her house exhausted and ready to put  our feet up and relax while the cousins ran absolutely wild with out any signs of fatigue.
   Sunday we had the full experience to see Sue in action at her church and meet some of her friends that I've heard of only by name for years.    It was a great day and after a quick bite to eat we giggled through a 30 minute session of each kid exchanging hugs with one another at least twice then we packed up to head home.  The kids were asleep with in minutes of heading out.  A true sign that the weekend had been worth every last scrap of energy in us all and with hearts full of sweet memories we called the weekend of craziness a raging success.

Temples and Tombs!

Just some random sweetness from her elementary school production of Temples and Tombs.  Abigail and her buddies did a great job and they looked just adorable in their costumes!  :)

Showstoppers time again !

 Aaand we hit the road again slipping and sliding out of town!

 I have to admit I love my sweet hotel stays with the girls

 We let Chloe bring "May", her favorite green blanket.  It was a risk to bring a treasured item out of the house but she kept up with it quite nicely

 Our bull buddy for the year, Brianna.

 Chloe getting sparkle bombed by Claudia.  Her scalp will shimmer for a week!

Goof ball!

Miss Sammi and Miss Riley keeping an eye on all the kids from the Bull pin!

another great year with a special bull buddy Brianna.  We ran into them for lunch and shared a burger together

When the dressing rooms are over crowded and hot you just make it work in the car!

Such a doll.  Just accepts that the day will be spent supporting sissy.  I did let her bring "May" along to keep her "comptable" ( her way of saying company).

These are the faces of 2 little girls who's mommy was too tired to choose a restaurant for dinner and went for ice cream instead! 

The studio owner Riley, she misses very few of her dancers performances.  Always in the wings showing her support.   We have some very good teachers at our school! 

Another awesome weekend for a competition.  The girls and I slipped out of town yet again in snowy winter weather and did our thing supporting the Bit.  It was a great time.  I love my sweet road trips with my girls.  We once again were crossing our fingers that we didn't come down with the stomach virus that Abigail had only days before we left again.  But we made it home puke free thank goodness.   Proud of both our girls but glad to get home to Brian to fill him in on all the sparkling details.   It's shaping up to be a great dance season!