BAM(J) Come to Texas!

We were lucky enough to have some our all time favorite San Franciscans come visit us in Texas a few weeks ago. Addi and I became friends the night before she had (almost) four year old Max, and just like our growing kids, our friendship grew quickly and I couldn't imagine my time in San Francisco without her.
We had a great few days together and we were all so sad to see their family go. Until next time friends, and hopefully sooner than later!

It was so nice to have Dave and Blake around to rough house with the kids while...

Addi and I sat on the couch and talked. Ahhh, we LOVED having our husbands around. A novelty for both of us.

Thanks Blake for reading to the kids while Dave was at school and while Addi and I sat and talked some more.

These city kids loved having a backyard to play in,

an extra room to pillow fight in,

a pool to swim in,

and a dear friend to sit next to as we drove through Sonic, Taco Bueno, and Wendy's.

Thanks to an abundant amount of young women in our ward, we were able to get a brave soul to watch all four kids so we could go to a MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME!!! It was a last minute decision to go which made it all the more fun! Thank you Addi and Blake for letting me be the third wheel (Dave had a HUGE test two days later) and thank you Blake for dropping us off so we didn't have to walk a mile to get to the game (and more importantly so we could get there on time!).

The stadium was beyond amazing.
Yes my shirt says, "Don't Mess With Texas". Dave got it when he served his mission here. Addi was all decked out in Cowboys colors, so I had to represent too. Don't worry, the Cowboys won.

Natalie was kind enough to drive FOUR hours with THREE kids to come see us. We all started our motherhood journey together in San Francisco and it was fun to catch up and let our kids play together once again.
THEN

NOW. Audrey and Sammy Jo had so much fun playing together.

Meisha was nice enough to come hang out for the morning. San Franciscans reunited!

Thank you Max and Jack for coming to the fishy place with us,

and watching your mommies kick some trash with the rifles. Or not.

After a full day of fun, we would put the kids to bed and then stay up way.too.late crafting, eating, talking and we even got to go to a movie. Thank you for coming, and PLEASE remember that Texans need straight teeth too!