Thank You for a great day filled with friendship....

Thank you, Abba, so much for Racheal. She's been my friend since 7th grade...we can truly be ourselves with one another...and we've always been there for one another. It's nice to have a dear friend for life like she is and I hope that we always have one another to depend on. We met at the mall yesterday at the portrait studio, since her daughter, Kate, was having her 6 year pics taken. We let the kids play in the little play area for awhile, then we took them out to lunch. It's an experience taking 4 kids all pretty much a year apart to the mall, but it was fun. Then, we went to Children's Place as I wanted to look for a swimsuit for Deidra, but they didn't have much and what they had left, I really didn't like. So, we drove up the road to Cold Stone creamery and took the kids to get ice cream. Mmmm! We all left with full tummies and messy faces (well, the kids had messy ones anyway). After that, we drove down to Racheal's house, and we set up the Slip and Slide so the kids could cool off. It was a beautiful day and it was nice watching them play while we just sat and talked. She looked at me and said "you are so ready to have more kids...I am so excited for you and absolutely can't wait..." I just smiled and told her how excited we are and she said that the people that were before them in pictures had 2 little Korean kids that made her think of me and our adoption. It was nice to just talk about them for awhile. Racheal and her hubby are thinking of having another one soon themselves...this would be their 4th. So, that's exciting too. It was nice to sit and talk with her...we don't get the chance to see one another as much as we would like to with our work schedules and other stuff going on with life in general either. But, it was a nice friendship filled day and I was glad to share the day with her. The kids adore one another too and they had a blast as well. Deidra was glad that she got to see her Kate and Abby and they were equally as glad to see her. Thanks for a gorgeous day filled with friendship, Abba.