The Silver Lining

Moving. It's a part of life. Especially if you are, or live close to, a military base like we do. Sometimes, even our friends who aren't military move away. But, as hard as it is to say good-bye, there are times when you get to see the old friends again! And, for us, that's what we got to do this weekend. Emily's life-long (all 6 yrs!) friend, Logan, and his family, came into town for the evening on Saturday. We had so much fun!!! The kids all played and completely wore each other out. We were grateful that they were able to come into town---even if it was only for an evening.

Then, on Monday, we starting taking part in some "last hurrah's" for our good friends, the DeYoungs. Emily met Nicholas during their first year of preschool and we've been friends with their family ever since. (It's especially funny when we're all out together b/c there are 8 little blonde kiddos and it's hard to tell who belongs to whom!)

Being military, they are moving away next month and so we all met up at the zoo to get some quality playtime in before we have to say good-bye (sniff, sniff!) (This week is Spring Break for our school district so all of the "big kids" are out.) The weather was chilly, but that just meant it wasn't crowded and we were able to let the kids run a bit more. We will miss them terribly, (Julie has been such a fabulous friend to me...my heart is breaking!) but, we hope that, like little Logan and his clan, we'll be able to see them again soon...even if it means we'll "have" to take a vacation to go visit!