Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Blast From the Past

Last weekend, my college roommate came out to visit from Texas with her 1-year-old baby girl!  We were thrilled to see Rachel and meet Mallory.  The girls LOVED having a younger baby around for a few days, and Elizabeth and Mallory even held hands in the car, since their car seats were next to and facing each other.  It was quite sweet!  We met up with Ali for dinner, one night, which was a blast!  I was quite proud of our kids - 6 between all of us - who let us have an actual conversation at Buffalo's!
Rachel came to town to see us, but also to attend a reunion of Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF) that we were both really involved in in college.  We traveled to Carrollton for the weekend, and met up with old friends.  I've been wanting to take my girls to the Castle Playground (the coolest playground ever, where I used to spend many hours with kids I babysat for during my college days) since we moved back home 5 years ago.  I've even tried to plan a little day trip, but it just hasn't worked out.  So it was a great treat to watch them enjoy the playground I've talked up so much for the last few years!

 Elizabeth was a brave little one, going across the bridge (that moved as you crossed it) over and over again!

 Abby Kate loved all of it!

 View of the top of the playground.  It's massive!

 Christa was a little scared of the bridge at first, but once Elizabeth crossed it, she was willing to go without help.

 Loving on Mallory!

 I love that we're still good friends after all these years!

 We also ate at one of my favorite restaurants - The Lazy Donkey.  They've changed the menu, so it wasn't quite like I remembered, but the ambiance was great, and the cheese dip was exactly what I was hoping for!

Rachel and Mallory.

Good times!

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