Madeline and I went on a special mommy-daughter weekend to Tucson, Arizon to visit our very precious friends, The Bury's. Words can't properly describe this amazing weekend. I will not be able to adequately explain fully what fabulous memories we created, and what deepening friendship we experienced. My heart is full and overflowing! It was such a special time with my sweet girl Maddie, and what a blessing to spend time with my dear friend Sommer, her two sweet babyloves Silas & Jewel, and their amazing family & in-laws.
We spent a four day weekend there, and had SO much fun with Maddie's first plane ride (caught on video no less, woops forgot to turn off the camera during takeoff!). We soaked in the hot tub, hiked the Sabino Canyon, road tripped to Phoenix (more on that later), played Hex Bugs on the kitchen table, jumped on the trampoline, got ice cream after dark, drank lots and lots of coffee, gazed at the beautiful Arizona blue sky & mountains, counted all the cactus plants, counted all the twinkling stars (there are 37 zillion by the way) and worked out all the worlds problems in between. It was truly one of best weekends EVER.
The absolute highlight of our trip is what made this trip a secret :) Our very special friend, Erin, who recently moved to Ohio (boo hoo), is a huge Oregon Duck fan (go Huskies!). They are season ticket holders, so I knew there was some possibility they might travel to Phoenix for the national championship game IF Oregon made it that far (which they did). Even then, they had trouble finding tickets and didn't even finalize their plans until the last minute! Just on this off chance, we planned our trip to be the same weekend of the game. All before any of it was a for sure thing.
Well the Arizona stars aligned, and we were able to keep my trip to Arizona a SECRET from Erin so Sommer and I could road trip (without the kids, thanks Grammy!) and SURPRISE her. She knew Sommer was coming, but she didn't realize the elaborate plan to make it an Oregon bestie reunion. We got 4 hours with our lovely Erin (& Ty) talking in high pitched voices and such, which led to this moment being labeled LOVEFEST 2011. Awesome.
Then Erin topped that by road tripping herself back down to Tucson the next day to get a couple more hours with us, and the kids. Oh my word, too much fun to handle!! I love my friends.
And my husband, my dear sweet husband who made the entire weekend possible, took vacation days from work, cared for Max & Marin for 4 days, and even had the house picked up & flowers waiting when we got home from the airport. It's pretty special to get a surprise like that from the one you love. I love my husband.
So there you have it... It was a special, special time with some of my favorite people on earth. I am blessed.
1 comment:
That does sound super fun! I'm glad you all got to have special time together! I've got to hear more about the high pitch talking?!? :)
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