A lazy Saturday morning was disrupted by a phone call from Aimee telling me my old BFF, Jane,  from 5th grade was visiting and we were all meeting up in a half hour.  Mind you it was already 9:30 and usually I am up with the kids around 7:30 ish but summer time has made me a little bit lazy in the mornings and I NEED my sleep to get through the draining days.  I decided to make it happen. So I literally rolled out of bed and brushed my teeth, threw on some clothes and headed down to get the girls dressed and sort of fixed their hair.  We made it out the door in record time.  Even my brother Connor, who doesn’t talk a whole lot, mentioned to me this is what I should do everyday and I agree.  I think when I have something planned for later in the day I find myself running in circles getting breakfast, cleaning up, feeding Vaughn, more cleening up, dealing with the girl fights and drama, then getting frustrated again about the mess and when it is time to leave I can’t seem to get out the door!  This way if we wake up and go we don’t have drama we just get dressed and go and have breakfast on the way……..hmmm problem solved.  Though I will ultimately never have make-up on or feel put together but the _ _ _ _ with it!  This new approach sets me free from the constant anxiety about getting out and being on time and feeling the need to leave the house some what clean!

On the way we picked up some Panera bagels, cinnamon crunch my fav.  Then met Aimee & kids, and Jane with her youngest baby at Mcdonalds.  YES you heard me Mcdonalds ! (for anyone who knows me well knows this is a big step for me to allow my kids to eat at Micky D’s, as my dad calls it).  Kaili got her hash brown and oj, Maren got her hot cakes, and I enjoyed a delicious bagel amongst some best friends!  What a fun morning.  It has been a couple years since I last saw Jane.  She’s been living in China for a few years but recently moved back to the states with her family.  We grew up together in Hawaii and have known each other since we were practically babies.  She has 3 kids now.  Jane, Aimee and I all had our little babies with in 2 weeks of eachother.  It’s fun to see all my long lost friends in the mommy stage.  It is a busy one so I am happy to share time with good friends who are experiencing the same trials as I,  as well as the precious moments we are blessed to have experiencing life with our little ones.

Jane, Aimee and I

our babies all the same age!

Kaili, Ashlynn, Maren and Daniel

Kaili and Ashlynn cracking eachother up!

Cute Maren (always fixing her hair)

Seriously, Kaili what is up with the weird faces lately ?

The only way I could get Maren to look was if she wore my sunglasses.

The girls love their unlce