California Part 2

California Part 2
June 13-15

 Wednesday we got to spend at one of my friend Laura's house catching up and swimming.  Laura's daughter, Olivia, is full of spirit like my girls and they all got along great.  Her and Emilyn had so much fun playing, we weren't ready to leave!

 Matisyn showing off her flipping skills, a little too close to the edge!  Luckily she made it just fine.

 Emilyn discovered floaties on this trip and could not get enough of them.  She did not want to give them back to Olivia when we were leaving.  She kept saying, "look mommy, I can swim all by myself."  She keeps reminding me anywhere we go now not to forget her floaties.

 Thursday we gave Grandma a little quiet time and I took the girls to the local library for story time and then to play at the little park next to it.  They didn't last long though because it was so hot. 

 That night I got to visit with my two best friends from high school, Melissa and Laura.  I am so lucky to have these two still in my life.  I've been friends with Laura since we were 7, and Melissa since 7th grade.  Melissa just lost her Dad a couple of weeks earlier, so it gave us a chance to catch up with her and her mom, and definitely brought back some painful memories.  I was impressed with how strong she has been throughout everything.  We were also able to go to dinner, just the three of us, lots of reminiscing, catching up, and laughing.  I felt much lighter after leaving these girls!

 Matisyn spent Friday morning creating a fashion forward dress to model for us!

 That afternoon we went over to Diane and Reed's to swim.  They were out of town, but were nice enough to let us use the pool while they were gone.  The girls wanted to spend every possible minute swimming on our trip.  We went back over for a BBQ with them the last night of our trip and had a great visit.

 Emilyn enjoying her new floaties freedom!