Catching Up with Forever Friends

Two of my favorites, Jessica & Donna

This summer we have already spent A LOT of time at the pool!  The kids have both become pretty good swimmers and both have swim bands.  Preston earned his yellow band this year and Savannah has her green band, which gives her free range of the pool solo.  So anytime I've wanted to catch up with some mommy friends, the pool has been the obvious choice . . . a place where the kids play and we can chat while keeping a watchful eye on the little ones. :)

Last Thursday my sweet friend Jessica, who now lives in Birmingham, came to Charlotte for a visit.  We met at the pool for a fun-filled morning.  It was a blast catching up with her and seeing her "little" ones too.

Hard to believe Jessica, Donna and I were in Bible study together long before any of these kiddos were born

On Friday we were able to spend some quality time with my precious friend Elaine, who just moved to Union county.  I forgot to take a picture of Kailyn and Ethan, but they have grown up too!  Elaine and I are both teachers so it was fun to compare notes and to catch up on life in general.

Savannah, Anna Kate, Preston, and "Baby" Ben

This week the fun started on Monday with a surprise play date at the park with the Marion crew.  Savannah knew that they were back in town (and in the USA for good, well at least for this year) but had no idea we were going to get to see them this week. :)  We drove up to the park and she started screaming "Anna Kate, Anna Kate!"  It was precious.  These four have so missed each other the past 3 years and we're all looking forward to having them back down the street from us.  It was a perfect park day and we enjoyed catching up and then a trip to the library too.

On Wednesday Preston had his friend Hamilton to the pool for a play date.  Savannah happily joined the boys playing and was thrilled when some of her own friends showed up for another play date.  So, these eight kiddos had a blast for over 4 hours at the pool!  Here is a picture of their picnic lunch time. :)

Yesterday we took the Poplin boys to the park for the morning and then ventured to Carowinds while we waited for Daddy to arrive home from Texas.  It was super fun, but we were quite exhausted after such a full day (week) and having to endure 485 traffic.  Yuck!  Dave was very delayed and didn't get home until after 1:15 am!  

We've also had a play date with Miss Jenny and her boys, had the Karhan boys over for an afternoon of fun, and been able to catch up with the Page's in Mebane . . . all in the past week and a half.  It's been a
fun filled time and long, long overdue in catching up with so many friends I love!  The cool thing is that with each of these girls we have picked up right where we left off.  Truly life long friends that I am blessed to have.