What can I say? So much fun!

My good friend and former roommate, Tina, came for a visit this past weekend. She called me out of the blue one day and said that she wanted to come to Arizona to see me and our other friend, Ashley, who just moved to Gilbert. The next thing I knew Tina was hopping a flight from Salt Lake to Phoenix! She stayed at my humble abode for four days and we played the whole time she was here.

Then...

Now

There were a total of four of us girls who lived together our sophomore and junior years at BYU - Tina, me, Ashley, and Ashley. We were best friends and as close as you can be - for me, my roommates became my temporary family and were an amazing support when I was away from home. I still consider those years as some of the most fun I have experienced! We were crazy and weird and would eat junk all of the time somehow never gaining weight - why doesn't it work that way now?

Some of our fun activities this weekend included:

eating jell-o cake and grahm crackers with frosting

walking around the mall (where does a single hottie, big fat preggo lady (me), and a cute new mommy go to shop that is fun for all of us? the answer is that it doesn't matter we were just gabbing the whole time anyway!)

going to the temple

getting a pedicure - LOVED IT!

talking

playing games

watching movies

talking

more talking

reminicing about BYU days

lots of laughing

going to the Salt River to talk and eat more grahm crackers with frosting - such beautiful weather!

eating at Oregano's

It is hard to return to normal life now...

I have to elaborate on our trip to the Salt River because it demonstrates what a FABULOUS husband I have. Scott, Stephen, Tina, and I drove in one car to meet up with Ashley and her little baby, Taylor at a gas station on the way to the park. Our plan was to take both vehicles but then we realized that if we crammed we could fit both car seats as well as all 3 of us girls in Ashley's truck and then Scott could drive us. So, Scott spent about 20 minutes getting the car seats strapped in (there was a weird seat belt giving us crap) and then we all piled in and were off!

As we were going down the road, Tina looked over and saw a man laughing at us. He must have found it amusing to see one man, three women (one big and pregnant) a baby and a toddler all crammed into a truck together. Who knows what he was thinking but we must have been a sight! This guy was seriously still smirking at us as we passed him up on the road. We were all just laughing and laughing! Scott was such a good sport about the whole thing.

Our original plan was to go to Usery Pass park but somehow we were talking too much and missed some of the turns so we ended up on a road that took us near the Salt River. We just laughed and decided to stop at a picnic area there instead of trying to find our way back to Usery Pass Park.
It was a really pretty spot and we just sat and talked while enjoying the beautiful scenery and weather. Scott took pictures for us and kept Stephen entertained. I love my hubby!

You'll have to turn your head sideways for this one!

By the way - Stephen said he needed to go potty while we were there so rather than brave the nasty bathrooms we decided to have him pee in the bushes. I make my boy pee sitting down so he has never tried it standing up yet. He refused to pee when daddy took him, but when mommy showed him the bush to aim for he did the job perfectly! I was proud but felt that maybe Scott missed out on some manly bonding with his son... :)

It was so fun to see Tina and get to spend time with her and Ashley. I have the best husband in the world. He watched Stephen pretty much the entire day on Friday while I was at the temple and getting a pedicure. Also, my family was fabulous for watching Stephen while Scott and I went on a real date on Saturday night!

After Tina left on Sunday, we were driving to church and I mentioned that I felt sad. Stephen said, "you ok mommy, you ok." So sweet! We miss you already Tina!