Saying Goodbye to Dear Friends

I'm sure it won't sink in for a while since we are leaving on vacation today for a week but we had to say farewell (used in parting with another or others, usually to express good wishes) to some of our dear friends today. They are both leaving after Memorial Day when we will be gone so today was it for us. It's hard for me cuz I've never NOT been around to monopolize my friends last couple days in Fargo. :) But easier cuz it doesn't really feel like they are leaving.

THE WEBER FAMILY

We got to have the Webers kids come play a couple times this week and then take their family out to lunch today. It was their first time at Sandy's donuts. Besides little Corbin not feeling well- the kids laughed and played and enjoyed being squirted by the Window Washer man. LOL! We also inherited the Webers fish. I know....SHOCKER... we are so NOT animal people but the kids are very excited! We'll see how long we can keep them alive. :) It's been fun to see the Weber family grow [more than double, in fact] during their time here in Fargo. Good Luck guys! We'll be praying that we won't be able to visit you in Utah in August cuz you'll have a fabulous job somewhere by then but if not- we'll have to get together. :)

THE KING FAMILY

Over the last few years, Savannah and Liberty have been the best of friends. Telindalee has been fabulous at making sure we get them together almost every week. Such a great family! They had a little going away party for the King kids' closest friends at the Governor's Inn Swim Park in Casselton today. Liberty had a blast! We made sure we took a pic of some of the Tree climbing crew. (This was a constant pasttime at the Seamons' home with the King kids) AND of course they needed their hundred hugs before each parting. Good Luck guys! We will so miss our weekly visits. The girls are already though to be Email pals so hopefully it will be easy to stay in touch!

We will miss you both tons!!! We sure luv ya guys!

Date Night with the Webers & Ironroads

Along with a few other families (the members have switched tons over the last several years due to people abandoning Fargo--- LOL:) on every other weekend, we do a Babysitting group so that Brett and I can get out on a date without paying extra for a sitter. You have to be willing to survive one night of chaos (9-12 children for 4 hours) for 2 awesome free dates. We love it!!!! And the kids really look forward to spending time with their friends. It's a WinWin situation.

Tonight, the Tuckers watched the kids for us (Thanks guys) so we could go out on a final date with the Webers and asked the Ironroads to come along. WOWzers- let's pretend I didn't actually say final--- we'll call it "last in Fargo" date. :( Brett is out of town next week, then we leave on vacation and then the Webers are leaving Fargo before we get back. Crazy! Where does time go? I remember the first time I met Ashlee. We were at Lindonwood park for a Mommy & Me Summer Playgroup. We sat and chatted on the stairs of the playground equipment and exchanged phone numbers. That was it! We've been frinds ever since. We've had our ups and downs of doing things on a consistent basis but we are sure gonna miss the Weber around here. And wish them the best of luck in their job hunt and future adventures. Luv ya guys!

OK--I gotta stop thinking about my friends that are leaving me----- so, tonight we decided to spend our date on movie and a dinner & in that order. We went to Iron Man 2 down at the Fargo Theater. I've never been there but it reminded me alot of the Murray Theater when I was growing up in Utah. It is an older building that can only show one show at a time. It can be used as a stage or a screen depending on what's going on there. It has a balcony so we decided it'd bee fun to see the movie from up there. We were right! We even sat next to each other (winkwink, Matt!) so you really knew we were there together especially because it felt like we were practically on each others laps, the chairs were so small. LOL! But, the movie was fabulous! Brett said he thought the beginning was a little slow. WHAT????? I guess that half-dressed Stark cheerleaders and Ironman jumping out of an airplane at a 100 miles an hour is just not doing it for him these days. LOL!

We spent the rest of the movie trying to find a costume that the boys could dress us girls up in but none of them were appproved. Although I TOTALLY disagree. I mean-- look at this costume!!!!! What husband doesn't think this could be fun? LOL! I think you should change your mind, Matt! Regardless, this movie is a keeper. LOVED it!!!!

After the movie, we went to dinner at Mexican Village which is  funny because we forgot Haylie doesn't like Mexican food until we had already sat down. Stinky girl-- you need to speak up!! Thank goodness for the American section of the menu. In the end, the food wasn't that great so we're thankful we had awesome company. We so enjoy our friends here in Fargo. We are very lucky to be surrounded by such fabulous people. Thanks for getting out with us. We always have a blast!

Good Luck Webers--- bring the kids over a few times this week. We will miss you so much!!!!

Swim Partay for Austin

Austin Weber turned SIX on Wednesday so we went over tonight to celebrate with him. He wanted friends and a swim party! Hurrah for us! It was so much fun. We visited, ate pizza, played, and went swimming. (We were going to walk over to the pool but a storm rolled in and dropped the temps by 15 degrees so the kids ran and we drove:) When we were done with that fun- we went back to the Webers for cupcakes and presents. The night went by way too fast. Thanks for inviting us guys! We sure luv ya!

Happy Birthday Austin!

We sure are going to miss you guys.

The Annual Easter Hunt

Every year growing up, my dear Grandma Crump (who passed away a couple years ago) held an amazing Easter Hunt in her very large (an acre or so) backyard. She always prepared a fabulous Easter meal enough to feed the five thousand. Her hunt (including a handwritten list) included 20 or more Easter-themed items including money, egges, pencils, candy, and the famous marshmallow-filled chocolate egg with your name on it. :) When you came back inside, she always supplied some kind of  basket to put your loot in. She also made sure that the adults all got a basket full of stuff as well. Our family was already large when I was young but as I grew so did the family. My sweet grandma just kept doing it and she would even make sure there was stuff for guests we brought. She was AMAZING!!!! The whole thing was quite eggstraordinary!!!!

Well, the year after we moved to Fargo, I decided that the tradition needed to be kept here in our little part of the world. Not quite as fabulous but fun nonetheless. Of course, my hunt is quite a bit smaller and Microsoft Word has taken over the handwritten list but I do have a lot of fun shopping for all the items and filling the eggs and hiding it all! And you know how I LOVE a ParTay!

Here's our list for this year:

Here's our beautiful guests:

Here's the Easter Hunters:

Here's our Easter Feast:

And the Extra fun:

Thanks to all our dear friends for coming and keeping my Grandma's tradition alive!

Happy Easter!