Sad Weekend for Us

This weekend was pretty sad for our family. Some of our good friends The Wirig's moved away to Mountain Home Idaho. We are going to miss them so much. Our families met about 4 1/2 years ago when they moved into our ward. Right away we became good friends. We have kids the same ages so we did lots together. Justin & Marissa have been Jaden & Macy's best friends. The boys have played on the same Soccer Team for the last at least 5 seasons, done carpool together and have been in the same kindergarten and 1st grade class. They have spent lots and lots of days playing together and having sleepovers. Macy and Marissa have been in gymnastics together the past few years and also have spent countless days playing including their weekly Friday playgroup. We together as families have gone camping and the dad's have went dirt bike riding countless times. Me and Andrea have taken many trips shopping together, spent lots of time chatting on the phone, visited while are kids played in the park, served together in Beehives for a couple years, and enjoyed many other memories. What a great family they are and we are going to miss them so much. They are wonderful people who I strive to be more like. I am not only going to miss Andrea but I along with my kids am going to miss having their kids around. They are sweet little kids and I just love them.


The night before they left we had Justin and Marissa spend the night so that their parents could finish what they needed to in order to leave the next day. The kids really had a great time but I was crying half the time that they were there because I felt so sad for my kids having to loose their friends and because I was going to miss them also. We took them home when their parents were ready for them and said our good-bye's, well actually said we will see you guys later. When we got back into our car Jaden just started balling. We had to go to Wal-mart so we sat in the car in the Wal-mart parking lot and just hugged each other and cried and cried. I hope that when we finally move into our new house that we will again be able to find some new friends that we love as much as we have loved the Wirigs.


I seem to have this pattern going in my life that when I have a really good friend they eventually move away (Debbi, Noel, now Andrea). But I do feel very blessed for the time that each of our paths have crossed. These women are amazing people that I admire so much and their influence has helped to make me a better person. I just love you guys.