i love our little town that we live in. but even though we're only a short 60 miles away from our families, it still not close enough for us to visit them as often as i'd like. and with four kids with completely different school and activity schedules, i don't even have to time to leave town for anything on most days. it's really easy to feel like i'm in trapped in a bubble with no way out.
this is why i'm so thankful to have met some great friends that live here in town. we've lived here for two-and-a-half years now and have formed some great friendships with other families. and the friendships are so special and thrive in every sense on the word "family". we love their kids and they all love ours. we've got their backs and they've got ours. and most importantly, if my margarita is low in my cup, they're always there to top me off.
our friends hosted a family get-together last friday night. ohana {family} was welcome and so they had 18 kids knocking at their door that night. i bet they couldn't believe what they got themselves into. hahaha we even had a special guest appearance from a police officer, but it wasn't like show and tell for the kids. one of the neighbors called the police because one of our kids {i'm almost positive it was my isaiah!} threw a rock over the fence and {allegedly} almost broke their window. after a little chat between the officer and the party host, all was right again in the world. and the kids even got some stickers from the officer.
cheers! gotta love the mister in the back there...baby in one hand, tequila shot in the other! classy, i know. at least the baby's face isn't exposed, so there's no substantial evidence. bwahahahah.
you think college parties get crazy? you have no idea how our gang of 4-7-year-olds party!
i'm also thankful for my girlfriends. there is a group of four of us who go out for a dinner date once a month.
this is something that we plan ahead of time, the husbands expect it every month, and we sit and eat, drink and chat for hours and hours. between the four of us, we have 11 children. so we always look forward to our dates and embrace the time that we spend with each other..even though most of our conversations are about our kids! sigh...i guess there's really no getting away.
but no matter the conversation, this is always a welcome view.
we sat and watched kids play and scream in the courtyard and giggled to ourselves about how glad we were that those kids weren't ours!
and i'll leave you with this delicious photo. mmmm....baklava a la mode.
3 comments:
what a fabulous looking dessert. i'm so glad you get to have much needed girl time! thank you for your sweet comment. blessings to you!
yeah baby! like you said, nothing like a party where the cops show up! It is so good to know that once you have kids, you can still have fun! Our couple friends were the first to have kids in our group and I know they are anxious for the rest of us to have them so we can all hang! And I know what you mean about making friends your family. My family moved to Texas years ago away from our entire family in Chicago so we learned to love our friends like family!
Love this post! We have a group of friends like that too. We have yet to have to cops cruise over, but I'm sure it is bound to happen with all the kids who play when we have our get togethers. I also love what you wrote on your "on the spectrum" page. : )
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