A Day with Rae

I had a really hard time getting going this morning. Instead I flipped on Noggin and sat with the boys for close to an hour until I finally willed myself to MOVE.

We drove out and spent the day with Rae. She is my dearest friend from high school. We were so different then that I sometimes wonder how we became friends! I was so type-A and she was so not. We've managed to balance each other out over the years. Well, I'll speak for myself. I learned a lot from her about not being in such a rush, among other things.

Jake, Cole, Keegs, Brett, Bode (AKA The Motley Crue)

It's so easy being with Rae. We have this very fluid friendship. It's just easy and comfortable. We can lose touch for awhile and very easily get back into our groove with each other. I hadn't seen her or her boys since we moved 18 months ago, and when I walked into the house and saw 3 boys on the couch, honestly, I didn't recognize her older two. How they've grown! She has such good kids. I always ask her how she does it...Anyway, Bode and Keegen were in heaven. All those boys, all those toys. They had a blast. We stayed ALL day long. The kids played hard and Rae and I managed to catch up.

What? are they doing? you ask? Whatever keeps these boys busy. At this moment they were having enough fun filling up their bins, spraying each other, sitting in the water, dumping their bins on each other. Use your imagination. They sure did...