Last Week

Last week my good college friend, Abbey, came by for a visit! We hadn't seen each other in years and had a lot of catching up to do. I met Abbey my freshman year. We were on the same floor in good ol' Hinckley Halls. We hung out a bunch that year. One of my favorite memories happened at the end of our freshman year. Abbey had dining plus and I did not. She had built up a high balance and it was all going to be erased at the end of the year. Even though I had already surpassed the 'Freshman 15', I found it necessary to "help" Abbey out by borrowing her dining plus card every night, buying a Hot Pocket and ice cream treat from the vending machine, and eating them in her room while we chatted. It was such a fun time.

The following year Abbey and were roommates in 'The Avenues' apartments. I've mentioned it before, but my freshman/sophomore years were the best times of my life. Abbey was a big part of that, and I am so thankful for her friendship! She was a bridesmaid at my wedding. Her and her husband were here for an internship, so she came by for a visit. She met my kids and we caught up on everything. I hope to plan another visit in the next week. Thank you for coming out here, Abbey! It was so fun to see you!

Last week there was another sweet reunion - Davis Auto was reunited with our minivan.....twice. Our car was in the shop two separate times last week! Nightmare. Tuesday it was in to fix our A/C. On Wednesday I went to pick Luke up from school when it started making a huge loud screeching noise and smoking from the hood. We've broken down a bunch, but I have never had smoke come from my car. So embarrassing. It was back in the shop Thursday. We sink so much money into this car that we wonder if it is practical to keep it. But then we look at the prices of new minivans and know that we must make due with our cute little lemon.

Last week Kobe also did his presentation for his 'Star Student' week. It was so cute. He read from a notebook journal everything he did with the Star Student coyote, Silver Spirit. Then he presented his poster to his class. He was so cute and eloquent! He is a great public speaker. The kids asked questions afterwards and they were mostly intrigued with the animals he saw in Thailand. He told about the snake, getting bit by a monkey, the cute, dressed monkeys in the monkey show, riding on elephants, and standing next to a Siberian Tiger. (Did I ever mention that my parents took some other friends back to that same Siberian Tiger exhibit but the tiger wasn't there anymore? My parents asked where he was and they said they no longer had that Siberian Tiger because he killed a small child. When I heard that I was absolutely sick to my stomach. What were we thinking? I almost sacrificed my children for that photo-op. I'm sure our guardian angels were totally rolling their eyes at us that day. Pathetic. :))

That was our busy last week!