The Best Week of My Life

This was back in 2005....pretty sad that the best week of my life happened 5 years ago! 

Two of my friends got married here in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico....it was so beautiful!   The water was so clear and the beaches were gorgeous...except for the men in speedos and the topless women - I had to edit one out of the picture above! 

This was an amazing vacation - we all flew in together and then spent the next several days trying to find the best place for them to get married and going to the market to find flowers for the bride's bouquet and for our hair!  It was so much fun exploring. 

Then came the wedding day - it was so beautiful  - they had planned to get married on the beach, but it was crowded so, we found a beautiful garden instead.

Then we spent the rest of the week exploring Mexico, visiting the city, taking the ferry to Cozumel and exploring hte Myan ruins.   When we weren't doing that we were sitting on the beach, or at the swim up bar or in the water.  It was amazing and I want to go back there soon - real soon!

Make New Friends, But Keep The Old

This is just a good song to summarize the week.

I spent my Monday night watching The Bachelorette with one of my newest friends.

Then on Tuesday I had the privilege of spending the evening with friends from college.  We've know each other for over 15 years now and even though we rarely get to see each other due to distances between us, it was as if no time had passed.  These are truly the "golden" friendships in life. 

Wednesday and Thursday evenings were spent with friends from church and Friday I spent the evening celebrating a birthday with another good friend.

It was a week of friends which we all need sometimes.  I hope you have been as blessed by your friendships as I have!

POOL TIME!!!

I had the day off and what better way to spend a
sunny, but in the pool with my sister and her kids!
We have had so many cloudy rainy days lately
that it was so nice to have a sunny day to enjoy!

Korrine absolutely loved jumping off of the

diving board - she wouldn't do it during

swimming lessons with a life jacket on,

but she couldn't get enough of it today!

John loved visiting with the dogs - don't have any

idea what he is telling Snuggles!

ETC Friends

We were 4, then we were 3, and now we are 2!

Let's hope we don't go to 1!

I shouldn't whine too much - we will be back up to 3 in about six weeks!

First MN decided to move to TX - guess she wanted to be closer to family and to the beach and I honestly don't blame her.  I don't live further than an hour from any member of my family and I can't imagine being 16 hours away.  I am at least that far from the beach, but since I didn't grow up with it I don't miss it - well, that's not entirely true - I do miss it!!

That takes us to 3 - that is until # 3 (TW) decided that she needed to spend 6 weeks in Germany with the man she met there last year while studying abroad!  Guess I don't blame her either for leaving her girlfriends to spend time with her boyfriend!

So, now we are at 2 and well, I would tell SB not to leave me, but I just remember that she is going to!!  For 2 weeks the 4 that went to 3 that went to 2 will become 1!  I guess I don't blame her either - she is going to Mexico to visit family.   I would go to if I could!

So, guess it is my turn - I need to go on vacation as well.  Too bad that doesn't seem to be as easy as it sounds!  I wish I didn't have to plan my schedule around the schedule of others, but hey I guess that is life - you win some and you lose some! 

My sister's having a baby!

This past Sunday my sister's friends threw her a baby shower.   I helped...a little.  I made the punch!  It was a great afternoon and my soon-to-be niece Tennessee got a lot of cute clothes!  Of course we played shower games...here are a few pictures of the ladies trying to guess how big Barb's tummy is using toilet paper.

A rare picture of RW - she is usually the one behind the camera.

I love this picture - this is her mother-in-law and I love the happiness

in both of their faces!

Some of the great gifts for Tennessee!

Congrats, sis!  Can't wait until August!

Oh and I meant what I said in my advice for caring for your

newborn - she needs to visit her Aunt Margo lots!!

 

 

Evening at the Lake

 

Two of my good friends and I decided to head to the lake just to hang out.  The sunset was amazing and the conversation was just as good.  I think I did most of the talking so, I am thankful for good friends with good listening ears!  There is just one problem with the evening - we were missing one of our friends.  You see we are 4 peas in a pod or 4 ducks on the lake, but last night there were only 3 of us!  : (  We miss you our dear friend, Moraima!  We sure hope that you come back for a visit soon - actually we wouldn't mind if you decided to move back! 

 

Getting O-L-D stinks!!

Okay - so it's not so much my age that really bothers me, but it's the things that happen to my body at my age that disturb me!  Five years ago I turned 30 - didn't bother me - didn't go through a crisis!  Then came 31- again, didn't bother me, but then wait - I look in the mirror one morning - what is that no, it can't be, yes, yes, it is- it's GRAY HAIR!!  So, my oh, so kind friends telling me they can't see it and that is just looks like highlights since I am blonde, but guess what I see it!  So, hence the coloring of the hair.

So, a few years go by - nothing good - not getting so old!  Then comes 35 - holy crap I get adult acne worse than what I had when I was a teen.   Are you kidding me??  It's so bad that my sister thinks that I have a bad rash on my forehead!  So, I figure out the best cleansing routine and I get that under control - good.  Then several months ago I realize I have a freaking mustache!  What the heck??  I start trimming it because I knew not to shave it and I have heard these old wives tales that if I waxed it it would come back thicker and darker.  ugh - what to do?  It just keeps growing and I keep trimming and then I realize I am getting hair on the rest of my face - a beard?  Are you kidding me!?!  So, I researched it - waxing that is and tonight on my way home I buy a home waxing kit for $1.99 at Walgreen's.  I am so excited because it is usually $5.99, but it was on sale and I had a coupon!  So, I did it I waxed my face!  OUCH - it was a little painful and now my upper lip is a bit on the red side, but I got rid of so much hair and it was worth it! 

Guess I will just sit back and wait and see what happens next....growing old sucks!