Time with the Terrell's

Sally and the girls arrived on Thursday night and left this evening (5/4). It was awesome having them here. We squeezed a lot into 3 days, especially Sally and I. We went to Lewis farms to go strawberry picking, Chick Fil A for lunch (and the play area), the playground, the beach and church today. The kids had a blast playing and arguing about anything possible.

My favorite times were at night when the kids were fast asleep and Sal and I could indulge in conversation and cookies. It is so rare in the life of a mom to have one on one girl time and it was so sweet because we had never spent any time alone together before. We stayed up way too late talking, but that was so worth it because I got to meet Sally's slap happy alter ego. On Saturday my sweet hubby even offered to let Sally and I go out alone together in the afternoon. That was very cool. My mother-in-law came over and hung out just in case things went haywire with the 4 kids (but they didn't) and I took Sally to this very cool, well known consignment store called Ivy Cottage (we did all three buildings of it!) and then to Ann Taylor. She helped me pick out a dress for a formal we have next week and she got a shirt, both of which were on sale and we did all of that and still made it home before Beka and Mallory woke up from naps! What a time!! Time with the Terrell's was so bittersweet, but before I get sad I'll just pause and quote little Mallory who often says, "Akuna Mattata".

Anyone else want to come visit? The invitation is open.