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Yesterday my college friend Susie came to visit! She also knows 2 of my friends here so we all got together. 4 adults and 10 kids under 7 years old! The gang was mostly girls too. It's crazy how so many of friends have girls!!! We had a blast laughing at our kids and talking about our struggles as moms too. What a blessing it is for me to have such good friends I can share life with. I especially love keeping up with my college friends who know me so well. Thanks Susie for making the drive and making the effort to come visit!!!

First on our agenda was to drive Susie and her 3 kiddos around campus. She had not been back to the gloryland :) in many years. U of A is changing constantly and getting more beautiful than ever!! It's already one of the prettiest campuses ever (of course I'm biased, but lots of outsiders say this too) and it just keeps getting better. So we loaded up all 6 kids in my van! HILARIOUS!!!



After driving around for a bit, we found a parking spot and got out so we could take some pics at DENNY CHIMES on the quad. While I was sweating bullets, the children loved running around and playing for awhile.









Then we came back to our house and met more friends. The girls played dress up, read books, and more.


Noah and Samuel got out some pirate stuff and Samuel also tried to watch over everyone else. Sometimes he really thinks he is the daddy! Ha! We attempted a kids group picture with the 10 children (ranging in age from 5 months to 7 years). We knew it would be impossible and it really was entertaining! At the end we had one 18 month old screaming on the floor, and a 20 month old and 2 year old on the couch screaming. All the momma's were laughing hysterically at the scene:)...




And since we are gluttons for punishment, we decided to trek out to 15th Street Diner per Susie's request for lunch (all 14 of us). It was a hot spot for us in college so she really wanted to eat there. Anyway, the kids did really well surprisingly but when I got home at 2 pm...I quickly got the girls down for a nap, put on a show for Samuel and collapsed myself on the couch for awhile!!