We had a little easter egg hunt in our backyard after naps.

My BFF came to visit us a couple weeks ago. There isn’t a person in the world who is better than she is. She makes me a better person just being around her. I truly am blessed to have such an amazing best friend. For years I prayed for the Lord to bless me with a best friend. I had to wait several years to find her but it was worth it because we are soul mates. lol She knows all the bad about me and she still focuses on my good and loves me.

While she was here she took many pictures of the kids. I’m so glad she did. What I’m even happier about is the fact that my kids are as head over heals for her as I am. 🙂 The two weeks she was here went by too fast. Hallie keeps asking when she is coming back. My answer, “Hopefully soon”.

Here are more pics of the kids Tiffany took.

Hallie had asked Tiffany to stay until Jesus came. (She asks a lot of questions about Jesus’ second coming.) We thought that was hilarious! Hallie even asked her husband and all of her family (parents, siblings, etc) to come live with us, just to seal the deal. Of course giving priority to Tiffany and her husband in offering them her princess castle in the playroom. Can you tell we love her? Best friends are heaven sent. 🙂

This week we were able to go to the Piccadilly Circus. I told Hallie we were going a few days prior and although she was excited for a family adventure she had no idea what a “circus” was. I explained that the circus involved special animals that do tricks and her excitement grew. The day of the circus she talked of little else. All day it was “Mom is it time to go to the circus?” “Is it night time yet?” (Meaning time for the circus.) I just laughed at her constant questioning. I was pretty excited myself. (In our family Ben hardly EVER gets excited about something. I think Hallie and I make up for his lack with our over exuberance.)

When we got to the circus Hallie was all smiles and constant giggles. I love watching her when she is like that. The show was small but great and the kids enjoyed every second of it. It included silks, (which you might remember Ben and I are now skilled at) juggling, acrobats, women acrobats in thongs (why I may never understand), zebras, camels, and elephants. Hallie got to sit so close to the elephants she could have reached out and touched one. It was an awesome way to create a memory.

On Tuesday  we drove into D.C. and met up with two of my besties, Kami and Ginnie. It was the perfect day. We went to the Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, and the Washington Monument. We even had a little picnic and let the kids run around. I’m pretty sure it was heaven for all of us. 🙂 I love where we live!

They really enjoyed themselves.