Arizona Weekend!

I love my friends! I went down to the Mesa/Gilbert area last weekend to see my friends. It was great hanging out with Crystal, Autumn, and Brittany. We had a girl's night out Saturday. We went to Dave's Fresh Farm Grill. Talk about a yummy shake. Anyway...it was so great being with my girls again. It will be nice being a little closer to them when I make the move this summer.

Happy New Year!

So I was home the entire time for Christmas break! It was great. What made it perfect was having all of my brothers and sisters home for the holidays. It had been 3 years in the making. Even though it was a houseful-7 kids and Mom and Dad, it was great. We even managed to all get along, and if you knew my and my family, you would know that that in and of itself, is a miracle!

On New Year's Day we headed down to the beach in Carlsbad to see the tidal pools. The tide was crazy-low, so we went out. We saw a ton of starfish-purple ones and orange ones. They were HUGE. We say sea slugs and crabs. Two of them were even mating! Yikes. It was fun spending time with my family there at the beach.