Crazy, wonderful week! :)

The last week was absolutely wonderful! :) I was able to spend each evening with a different one of my amazing friends.

Monday night the boys and I met Charita and her family for dinner at the local Mexican place. We don't get together nearly enough, but when we do it is so much fun. Full of laughs! We each have 3 boys who all get along so well.

Tuesday we went over to Chelsea's mom, Vanessa's house. The boys were able to ride a horse :) Chelsea's sister and neice were also there. River is only a couple weeks older than Parker. It was sooo cute to see them interact! It was very nice to see Chelsea and her family, and even better to see her happy again! Chels will always be like my little sister. No matter how old we get I continue to have that protective urge inside me. I love her to peices.

Wednesday we went over to Jeremy and Meredith's house. They are proof that friendship has nothing to do with the length of time you have known someone. Sometimes people just click. We just started hanging out and I feel like I have known them my entire life. I love so many of my friends here like they are my family but I am already used to being away from them. (Very sad but that's the life of military) I NEVER expected to move back to Arkansas for a few months and start a new friendship that is going to make it feel impossible to leave.

Thursday was my weekly night at Nikki's. My favorite thing about spending time with Nikki is that she has seen me at my best, worst and everywhere in between. We have had so much history together, even rfriendship has had it's ups and downs. But she is the one that through everything has always been there, or at least just a phone call away. I feel comfortable to just be myself with no worries of not being good enough. It has been so wonderful to finally spend time with her amazing little girl too!

Finally...Friday we drove to Texas to be with Ben!!!! We met at my Dad's house in Conroe. I always love seeing my Dad and other mother but it was just amazing to finally wrap my arms around my hubs! It was a LONG drive though. Surprisingly it went very well. I had the 3 boys and our 90 lb dog! If you can believe it...I only stopped 2 times on a 10 hr drive!!!

Saturday Maw and I decided that we needed to get matching tattoos. She has another one that matches her 3 girls so I was totally feeling left out ;) We went down to the tat parlor and got some cute tats on our feet :) There is a large star in the center in my Dad's favorite color, purple. Then there are 5 small stars. Each star represent the birthstone of our immediate family members. I have to say that Blake's green is beautiful. I want to extend the one on my side at some point and may just have to add some green to it!  Ben also got a tattoo. It is HUGE on his left shoulder/arm.

Yesterday, my wonderful other mother, Kim (aka Maw) was wonderful enough to keep my boys while Ben and I spent a couple days alone in San Antonio! We drove to San Antonio yesterday afternoon to help a friend of his move into his apartment. After we finished uploading his u-haul we went to eat at Papasito's. OMG Yum!!! The best fajitas I have ever had!!! Then we can back to ben's home for the last 3 months. (a hotel off the riverwalk) Let me tell you, he has not been roughing it at all! It was so nice to have a quiet evening with no worries of children!

And today...I have a day all to myself :) I have to go to Babie-R-Us though because I forgot my breast pump. Just great! I was already worried about being away from Parker for 2 days and having to pump. I had the pump already loaded in the van and decided to pump one more time before leaving the house and then left it :( Even with that little bump it feels so great to be in a kid free zone for a day!

Whew...that was a lot of catching up!