Ella and Cavin holding hands before the party!
Ella and Tanner holding hands!
She sure loves him!
Jeff, Camille, and Tanner Ferrin
Tim, Ashley, and Ian MacNair (imported
picture..they left before I took one!)
Thom, Emily, Seth, and Grady Toolson
(Stewart, Sarah, and Lizzy Hill.... not pictured..
Stewart was at an interview and Lizzy was
ready for bed!)
Matt, Amy, Reilly, and Lily Stone
Lily (since you can't see her in the previous
Lily (since you can't see her in the previous
photo)
Tonight our friends threw us a going away party! It was so kind of them to take the time to get together one last time and have one last shebang! We sure will miss the wonderful friends and memories we have made here. As we watched the Harpers go first this summer, I never thought we would be the next ones to go, and man we miss them. Looking back, I think Camille was my first friend here in Smithfield and quickly became my good running friend (until we got pregnant and different times the second time of course)! I think I call her about anything and I love to just check in and see what she and Tanner are doing. She and Jeff have been such a blessing to us. Jeff keeps Ragnar in line as a missionary in the ward and we love his sense of humor. Ella is going to go through with drawls without Tanner to play with and adore.
Tim and Ashley have been the perfect next door neighbors and would do anything for us and we appreciate all the time and money they have put into our family. Ella adores them and they will be neighbors that we cannot replace. I love to come home and be able to call them for no reason at all (they might not love it though!)
Emily and Thom have always been fun to share a bbq with and many laughs. They have the most gorgeous boys! I'm always interested in her advice because Seth is 6 months older than Ella!
Sarah and Stewart have been a fun addition to our parties and it's been fun to get to know them and watch Lizzy grow, I wish we had more time to get to know them better! And last but of course NEVER least...
Amy and Matt have really been fun to share our time with. They have supplied our Aggie ticket addictions, our sports games, and have kept Ragnar talking! Anytime I need Ella to do something a big girl would do, I just say...Reilly does this and then so does she! Lily of course is Cavin's little girlfriend and they share a birthday and had a fun hospital visit together! I think part of the reason we stayed in Smithfield this long was because we didn't want to leave such good friends. Anyway, I could go on and on about the memories we have with all of them, but all in all, we are just grateful for people that we can call such good friends. We will miss you all, but we will not forget you and will ALWAYS keep in touch! Thanks for everything!
WARNING: TEXT AND PICTURE OVERLOAD..... YOU CAN TELL I'M REMINISCING!
8 comments:
Oh man, it is so hard to leave such great people. Seeing the pictures and reading your words made me totally reflect on us leaving and how tough it was. But I still feel as close to everyone, so it helps to keep in touch, and of course BLOG! I hope things go well for you over the next week, and aren't too stressful!
A note to Lisa's friends from her mom: thanks for loving my lovely daughter and her fun little family...
AND............she is REALLY GOOD at keeping in touch...
please come see her in Texas....January, February and March are lovely in Houston
I even had my camera to take pictures but unfortunately some little boy (Ian) was making everyone deaf with his screaming -well have to get some pictures tonight over french toast. I think we should have french toast every night until you leave because Tim would never let me make it for dinner if it was just the two of us he is not a breakfast for dinner kind of person -but I think it is great:)
Loved the note from your mom -it is a good thing she raised such a good daughter...I know you are good at keeping in touch so I am not too worried about it just expect a lot of calls and without you living next door to us we will need even more blog updates -which will be hard to beat because you do a good job at it now. I hope we will be able to visit you in Texas - my family talked about going down there for Christmas but sadly we'll be in New York :(
Ok ...I am stopping now this is to long and I will see you tonight :) Love all the pictures and thanks for you comments -ok stopping now :)
aww...you're such a cute friend--and have cute friends!...leaving friends IS the hardest part of moving!! Good luck!
oh, this is to final with all of these good byes and everything! Jason is out of town until friday night, but we wanted to come by and say see you later! (that doesn't sound as bad) Would some time after friday work?
I'm sad reading this. Thanks for the nice comments. We think the world of you guys too. Thank goodness we can keep in touch through blogging!
It is always hard to leave friends behind but it is always fun to make new ones. And thank goodness for modern technology to keep us all connected. Can't wait for y'all to visit Austin. I LOVE how Ella is carrying a bag of rolls...like Mother like Daughter. :)
The party was so much fun ( and lots of good food!!). We will miss you guys so much. I think that Matt still thinks that you guys are joking... he will miss having such a good friend. I will, too! You are such a great person and great mother. I have looked to you for an example of patience and you have given me so much great advice -- anywhere from naps to nursing. Thank you for always listening and being such a great friend! We will definitely keep in touch- thank heavens for blogging!!!
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