I took some time off work and went to New Mexico to have a best friend reunion and to meet a new little baby! It was lots of fun.
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| She's such a focused driver. |
Annalie and I drove down together in a nice car that we rented. We didn't want to risk dying by taking our cars.
I'm so glad my phone takes amazing pictures. This wasn't even edited. Such a pretty sky. We drove down the backside of Utah. Really pretty sometimes, really boring some other times.
We stopped at the Monticello temple to walk around it. Now Annalie's been to every temple in Utah.
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| Pretty Windows. |
We drove through Colorado. For about an hour.
An awesome picture taken by Annalie in Shiprock, NM. Random bridge. We had a good car ride down.
I was SO excited to see Lily again! I miss that girl. She's so cute. And energetic. She forgot my name a couple times, but I'll forgive her. I can't believe she's five now!
This is the little tiny Chloe. She is just perfect! New baby smell, tiny fingers, cute little feet, goes cross eyed, hardly makes a peep unless she's hungry. Just perfect.
I think Lily likes having a baby around. It might take a while to get used to it. I tried to explain what being an older sister means. It means you can tell her what to do.
She's so precious! I could have held her all day long.
Cy, Chloe, and Lily. Words can't express how glad I was to see Cy. I MISS HER SO MUCH. It just felt so NORMAL to be at her house again. I can't explain it. Sometimes you just get lucky enough to have friends that, no matter how long you've been apart from each other, you can pick up right where you left off and not feel any different. That's how it was. Just so normal. Except now she had a different house and a little baby. But it was just so normal. I love her.
Justin and Cyann being awesome parents. They really are great. And just hilarious. I forgot how hilarious Justin is sometimes. Cyann and I also rediscovered how fun it is to gang up on Annalie and tease her. (Sorry Annalie!)
Lily took a couple naps on me. :)
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| Annalie didn't eat more than ten in the first sitting. |
Cy's cookies!! So good.
Annalie and the little baby. She probably didn't know that I took this picture. Good thing she always looks amazing.
Chloe even got a new name while we were down there. It sounds so sophisticated. Cha-lo-eh Ann-ah-bel-ah Ss-ha. We had a fun week. We watched tv, played with the little ones, took a tour of Gallup, learned about the Navajo nation, talked a lot about our nursing jobs, met Cy's new friends, had a private showing of "The Vow" at the local movie theater (Lily doesn't call it a futer anymore.... growing up *sniff*), bought Navajo jewelry, made great food, played games (I won!!), and just had a ton of fun just talking.
We had to leave on Monday morning because I had to go back to work on Tuesday. Stupid work.
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| His thumb is out and everything! |
On the way down we saw 11 hitch hikers. On the way up we saw 13!! I took some creepy stalker photos of these two.
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| Arizona |
We decided to stop at the four corners on the way home. I liked to snap photos of the state signs.
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| Colorado |
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| New Mexico |
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| Annalie felt a sort of zen being in four places at once. |
The four corners was awesome!! Good thing we were basically the only people there. We were (I was) running around like a crazy lunatic, so excited to be in four states at once! I even ran from Utah to Arizona to New Mexico then to Colorado and back four times in a row! Beat that, Dad!!
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| Going Korean for this one. |
We found some cheaper and pretty jewelry to buy at the four corners. Annalie bought some pretty earrings.
These arrowheads are what I would have bought my family as souvenirs if I felt like they would like them or wear them. So, just look at the pictures instead and pretend that I bought them for you.
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| Utah |
It was snowy in Utah when we got back to our neck of the woods.
You can't tell, but we hit 13,000 miles in the car. Yay us!
Such a fun trip. I hope I can go back to visit soon! I already miss them all so so much!
Thank Cyann and Justin for letting us crash at your house and play! You guys are the best! Love you!
Cy, Chloe, and Lily. Words can't express how glad I was to see Cy. I MISS HER SO MUCH. It just felt so NORMAL to be at her house again. I can't explain it. Sometimes you just get lucky enough to have friends that, no matter how long you've been apart from each other, you can pick up right where you left off and not feel any different. That's how it was. Just so normal. Except now she had a different house and a little baby. But it was just so normal. I love her.
Justin and Cyann being awesome parents. They really are great. And just hilarious. I forgot how hilarious Justin is sometimes. Cyann and I also rediscovered how fun it is to gang up on Annalie and tease her. (Sorry Annalie!)
Lily took a couple naps on me. :)
Annalie and the little baby. She probably didn't know that I took this picture. Good thing she always looks amazing.
Chloe even got a new name while we were down there. It sounds so sophisticated. Cha-lo-eh Ann-ah-bel-ah Ss-ha. We had a fun week. We watched tv, played with the little ones, took a tour of Gallup, learned about the Navajo nation, talked a lot about our nursing jobs, met Cy's new friends, had a private showing of "The Vow" at the local movie theater (Lily doesn't call it a futer anymore.... growing up *sniff*), bought Navajo jewelry, made great food, played games (I won!!), and just had a ton of fun just talking.
We found some cheaper and pretty jewelry to buy at the four corners. Annalie bought some pretty earrings.
These arrowheads are what I would have bought my family as souvenirs if I felt like they would like them or wear them. So, just look at the pictures instead and pretend that I bought them for you.
It was snowy in Utah when we got back to our neck of the woods.
You can't tell, but we hit 13,000 miles in the car. Yay us!
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