See you soon!!

This is a post I have tried to put off typing b/c it makes my heart sad, but here goes!! If you are a reader of my blog, you know about our friends the Tidwells. Their son, Bennett, is Ali's prince (as she calls him), Jill and I were pregnant with Rhodes & their second son, Beau, at the same time and both Ryan and I think the world of Jill and Fletcher - Bennett & Beau's parents! We have been so lucky to have them in our lives these past few years for so many fun times - music classes, church, gymnastics classes, preschool classes, Chick-fil-a and backyard play dates, Birthday club, girls getaways and plenty of nights spent at each other's houses with some good family company. It has been so nice having such fun, easy going friends so close by with kids almost the exact same age who also play so well together and we all always have such a good time together! This week is their last week in Marietta (at least for a little while :)) and we are going to miss them soo much! Fletcher is a Marine so their path now leads them to Okinawa, Japan for two years and we are so looking forward to keeping up with their new adventures via skype, email and blogs! :) They are such a great family and I know they will do great over there and fit in wonderfully - I just hope they don't forget about us! :)

Last Monday, we had the Tidwells and the Holles over for a little going away pizza party complete with juice boxes, "ice cream cone" cupcakes that Ali and I made, and wine and beer for the parents and grandparents and it was a ball. The kids had a blast dressing up (Bennett even got in a princess costume for awhile and pretended to be a witch trying to take candy! hilarious!), eating, playing with the cars and jumping! We were so sad to see it end, but had so much fun with such dear friends. It was a memory I will cherish always and I am so glad Jill and Emily had their cameras since I did not so I could capture some of these memories on here. Good luck to the Tidwells on their new adventure and we look forward to keeping up and for lots more memories with these precious families in the future - no matter where we have to go to make them! (preferably the beach if we end up meeting somewhere! :)) Love yall! :)

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