You know those types of friends...

You know those types of friends, that no matter how much time has passed, you pick up right where you left off?

Darci and I were roommates at Ricks College ELEVEN years ago!!! I can't believe it has already been that long! Sheesh...I'm getting old! :) We had so much fun together and for some unknown reason, totally lost contact with each other for years and years. She even lives here in Washington state.

Here we are as roomies, SO SO SO long ago...

Look Darci, we even liked to wear matching green back then! :)

Well, through modern technology (blogging, facebook, you know...) we have gotten back in touch and she even came out to visit me for a few days! We had so much fun and literally picked up right where we left off. It was SOO good having her here. We packed a lot of fun in our few days together. Late night chats, just like the good ol' days, some jewelry making, a little shopping, some ice-cream eating, and just a lot of catching up!

She brought her four year old daughter, Cassidy with her and Tucker loved having a new friend. They seriously got along so well and had a great time together. We had to stop at Baskin Robbins.

We did a lot of trampoline jumping:

and especially these two...

Ben had to show off his mad skills...because there is nothing sexier than a grown man who can do better tricks than a four year old on a trampoline! :)

Sunday afternoon we literally came home from church, spread out a blanket on the back yard and stayed out there ALL afternoon, until the sun went down. Ben made us hamburgers and milkshakes and we were set. :)

We, of course, had to bust out the old photo albums. Funny thing, I was a lot skinnier in those college pictures, but Darci is skinnier now! How does that work? Not fair!!! :) And she's tanner...and has whiter teeth...and ok, you get the point! She's fabulous! :)

While we were doing that, these kids had a jam packed day of:

swinging...

bubbles:

more ice-cream...

more swinging...

taking turns on the power wheels: (that was out of battery, so they had to push) :)

It was really cute to watch them together, they became fast friends...

Our night ended with milkshakes, and it couldn't have been better!

Tucker was sad to see Cassidy go the next day, as was I, so they protested by getting in our car:

Thanks so much for coming Darci! I am so so so glad! It was just what I needed to reminisce and re-connect with a great friend! It's now my turn to head over and visit her and her family and I can't wait!

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Speaking of old college roommates...funny story.

Three years ago I am walking the halls at church and run into my old college roommate, Cortney, from BYU-Hawaii. Shes from Alaska, and I, again, hadn't seen or heard from her in years. Her and her husband live in Spokane and they are in the ward that we share the building with. A few months ago our stake did some major ward boundary changes. Because of those changes A LOT of my old friends are now in her ward and so we have, again, all of the same friends. It has been so much fun hanging out with her again!

Here we are in our house in Hawaii... I can guarantee you that I just jumped in this picture before it was taken, I definitely wasn't in the kitchen much, but Cortney on the other hand is an excellent baker and was always cooking. In fact, she now makes cakes for a living! And she is awesome.

Cortney's birthday was last week, so we all got together to celebrate! It was a lot of fun with a lot of WONDERFUL people! :)

Happy Birthday Cortney!