Alexandria Arrived...Finally!

The long weekend crawled to us very, very slowly. We had been planning it for a couple of months and finally our friends from Alexandria arrived...in waves! And then, as with everything that you look forward to, the time flew by while they were all here. It was such a soul recharging 5 days though. Friends from "home" always are.

The Joy's were the first up...

The boys of the 22308 were back together. 

These three didn't stop talking and laughing for 48 hours!

Oh my goodness, Vivian just loves Siena so much

Next up were Marty and Sara. We ate, drank and laughed too loud. We were shushed by Matt and told not to wake up the neighbors. It was just like old times. 

Balistreri Vineyards

And the last to arrive were AB and her mama. This was the best! Absolutely the best surprise ever!! AB and Viv were best friends in Alexandria and have been missing each other terribly. AB decided that she wanted to forgo a birthday party and instead make a trip here for her birthday. Cue a big surprise for Viv! It was so hard to keep it from her but so, so, so worth it...

Walking into breakfast as AB rounded the corner...

Guess what? I cried. Shocking, I know. 

At this point it was waterworks for me

It took about 2 minutes for them to get 

back to the hotel to change into matching shirts

The Denver Zoo

AB's mom said they were never not hugging!

Matching jams because of course!

The next day was a perfectly, beautiful day for them at Red Rocks

This was 36 hours that I don't think Viv will ever forget.

Sweet, sweet memories for sweet, sweet girls