Long Time Friend

This weekend when we went to Houston we got to visit with another one of my childhood neighbor friends. I haven't seen Erica since her wedding 2 summers ago, or met her little boy Everett. So we planned to come by for a visit. She graciously had a wonderful dinner for us, her hubby made some yummy margaritas.

While we were waiting for her parents to arrive Erica broke out the bubbles and the kids had fun playing with them outside in front of their home. It's crazy to see this photo of our kids and look at the one above where Erica and I were kids.

Erica's parents, Lee and Barbara brought a cake for me so we could have a belated celebration. It was so sweet of them. And of course we all enjoyed the cake and ice cream.

After dinner we took an evening stroll in their beautiful neighborhood and Erica brought bread for the kids to feed the ducks. They had a ball doing that! Madeline even got the ducks to follow her all the way up the grass from the lake!

Everett is so adorable! I got lots of smiles and giggles out of him.

I'm so thankful to have stayed in touch with my special friend.  We had a great evening, and it was great both our parents could be there too! Look forward to seeing the Dunlap family again soon!

Old Friend & Another Great Buy

Erica, Me and Tason.
This weekend one of my old childhood best friends, Erica, came over for a visit. We grew up in the same neighborhood. I remember on summer days swimming over at her house pretending to be mermaids and making wishes on wishbones her mom would save for us to pull apart. Erica moved away when we were still kids but we still kept in touch over the years, writing letters (the old fashion way) and seeing each other when she would come to visit CA. And now here we are living in the same state again! Erica drove out from Houston for business here in Austin and I'm so glad she had time to come visit us! She took our family out to a nice lunch at Chilli's and then we hung out at home and caught up on everything.

Madeline took these photos of Erica and I. :)

It was a great visit with an old friend!

So we scored on another Craigslist buy! So far through Craigslist we've found our kitchen dining set, our King size bed, Penny Lane, a doghouse...and now this coffee table! Our 6.5 year twenty dollar Ikea table was on it's last leg (literally) and the kids kept ripping off the kiddie corner bumper guards exposing the sticky residue...so I had a mission to find a coffee table. The guy that was selling this one had just gotten married so they were trying to get rid of duplicate furniture items. He was asking $50. Stephen went to look at it on his way home - it's in pretty good condition only having a few hairline scratches and a couple dime size spots that need to be re stained, but other than that it's a pretty solid well-built wood and glass table. Stephen offered $40 and he took it! Score! It fits perfect with our L-couch. And I love the second shelf underneath (perfect height for a foot rest) to put magazines and remotes.