Home Again. Home Again. The Last Installment (Part Four)

The last leg of our busy trip home was the actual reason why we scheduled the trip home in the first place - My best friends from High School and College and I all turned the big 3-0 this year and we decided to celebrate with a weekend away together with our families.  We rented a cabin/ house (it was a house but cabin sounds more woodsy and rustic, right?) that we would all fit in and met up on Friday evening to spend a weekend together.  Something we hadn't done pretty much since I got married 6 years ago!  I never have more fun than I do with these three amazing women and getting to spend time with them and the families that they have created is just so fabulous I really can't even explain it (and I'm a writer!).  We had a really wonderful weekend that pretty much solidified the fact that we need to do this every year! So, here are some highlights of our first annual friend retreat!

This was actually taken on the last day of our trip at breakfast at the restaurant at the resort called Soda Steve's.  They are known for their root beer - we wouldn't know if it I good or not as the soda machine was broken during our visit...that would only happen to us! So, I guess while we were there it was really just Steve's. 

Sara, Pam, Moi and Baby Lilly with Kyle jumping in for the photo bomb! 

 

This Tarantula was the 12th guest at our little getaway - we saw him on the window on the outside of the cabin the first morning we were there.  The picture below is what happened when Lance (the one upside down) snuck up behind my hubby when he was getting really close to the spider to check it out.  Some of us were watching from inside when this all went down and it was amazing!

 

 Pam and her baby girl Lilly

These are just some fun shots of all of us as we hung out and visited.  We played a bunch of card games and board games all weekend (much more than we had probably ever played in the 15 years we've known each other!) as we were stuck inside due to a very rainy day.

 

Sara & Moi!  We are hoping that our reunion for next year will take place on a boat - Sara & her fiancé Lance are getting married on a cruise next year.  We are considering how we will top a reunion after one spent in the Caribbean...

No one loves the photo bomb more than this crowd.  Classic Pam...

 

We seriously played soooo many games during our time and we talked and caught up on each other's lives.  Love these three gals so much!  I'm so grateful that we have stayed in touch throughout the years since we left school.

 

Panoramic photo of us at the enormous card table.  Patrick isn't photo bombing by the way, he was the photographer.

This was really the perfect end to an exciting and action packed trip home.  These friends feel like family to me - so glad we got this great chance to just visit and get to know each others families.

Home Again. Home Again. OUT! (picture me dropping a microphone here or I guess maybe a keyboard...