Deanna and I had been talking about getting together for at
least a year and a half. We live less
than 200 miles apart, and some of our “stomping grounds” overlap.
Yesterday was finally the day! It was a gorgeous almost-spring day, and we
met at the zoo.
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| Anxiously awaiting the arrival of A&M! |
Our families seemed to fall right in with each other. Deanna is so very kind and personable and
down-to-earth. Her girls are nothing
short of precious, and so well behaved!
And her hubby is super nice and very hands-on. They are such an awesome family.
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| Such a sweet family! |
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| My favorite of A&M, "balancing" on the timbers lining the walkway. |
We toured the zoo at a leisurely pace, stopping to take lots
of pictures (of course!). The animals
were fantastic, as always…but I was considerably more taken at watching our
four little beauties.
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| Four little monkeys, climbing up to see the monkeys. :) :) |
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| Running to see the elephants! |
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| So sweet of B and A looking at the meerkats. A and M were nearby...but I couldn't quite get everyone in the same photo frame. |
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| Looking for the cassowary...I love the warm sun on their backs. |
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| I am almost SICK this picture is out of focus! I was on the opposite side of a little bridge, shooting through the railing. I'm not sure what happened...but you can at least get an idea for how these four got along seamlessly. |
We spent about three hours at the zoo, and then we agreed to
meet at a nearby outlet mall for lunch.
Lunch may have been what impressed me most of all. The seven of us piled into a six-person
booth. The girlies got busy coloring,
and the adults had ample time to chat!
Once our food came, everyone ate really nicely, and we got to talk some
more!
After lunch, we said our goodbyes. I’m sure my hubby would have characterized
them as “Southern goodbyes”…as they took quite a while! Hugs were exchanged all around, and it was so
precious to see the wee ones embrace.
After we parted, my girls and I went to do a little bit of
shopping. They were such good
helpers! I got them each a shopping bag,
and they were content (at least for the 15 minutes we spent in the store) to
collect things as selected them.
When we got back to the car, I couldn’t believe what time it
was! By the time we drove home (about 75
miles), we’d been gone a full eight hours!
That’s by far the longest time I’ve ever been gone from home – by myself
– with the girls.
I was pretty tired, no doubt, but I am still marveling at
what a fun…almost vacation-like…day it was!
The girls were well-behaved, and that makes the world revolve smoothly,
for sure…but it was also so nice to be hanging out – leisurely!!! – with friends.
Looking forward to next time, Deanna!!!
6 comments:
yea!! how fun!! so excited you all were able to meet!!! :)
this also makes me think that i need to get to the zoo more! :)
So very happy for you guys - what a fun day!
I'm a bit jealous. :)
So jealous!! Looks like everyone had a great time!
I feel like I need to be proud of you for an all day alone trip, with your camera! LOL!!
Love the pictures! I am downloading mine now...hoping the one J took of the six of us turned out well. I will share when I get them up, of course! : )
We had such a great time, and yes, we should definitely do it again...we were gone a FULL day too, but I'd say it was very successful. I noticed during lunch how QUIET all our girls were---I felt like you, me, and Jeremy actually got to have a full conversation.
We had a blast!!
aaawwww, the four littles are SOOO adorable. Kendra climbed on my lap now because she wanted to know who "those kids" are.
I just guessed with A and M (can you tell them apart?) but of course, I know A and B :)
And yes, of course I'm a bit jealous but good for the two of you for making the time and doing it!
Proud of you for getting away so long AND for doing camera duty.
So lovely, looks like a wonderful time was had by all!!!! Always nice to make these meetings happen.
I do like the out of focus picture the most though :)
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