Another One Bites the Dust, or Happy Trails to You

Living in the DC metropolitan area has a lot of perks, but it also has it's down side. We have met and continue to meet a lot of amazing people and are fortunate to call many of them our friends. However, we live in a very transient area, easy come easy go. Herb and I have said goodbye and happy trails to many a dear friend in the 10+ years we have lived here and the past couple of months have been no exception.

In December we tearfully said adios to our beloved Huish family. They left the green trees of Virginia for the scorpions of the desert. Our solace is that they view the move as somewhat temporary and we expect to see them every few months as they return to visit VA. Below are some pics of their visit last week. Our kids are all within months of each other in age and have known each other since they were babes. The boys tend to get a little excited when they're together. It was so great to see them again and I especially enjoyed the one-on-one time I got to spend with Tisha. We love the Huishes!







The end of February we said goodbye to another set of dear friends, the Feiks. Herb and I look at each other every so often and say, "Sure wish we could call the Feiks to come play cards." It's kind of an inside joke, cause we always talked about playing cards when they came over, but only managed to do it once in the whole year that they lived in VA. We sorely miss having them come and hang out.

The Saturday before the Feiks moved, we were able to host a little open house for them. It was bitter-sweet but so nice to be able to have an evening for them to say their goodbyes. In addition, the night before the Feiks left to head back to Utah we had an impromtu sleepover at our house. Herb and I were so glad their move got delayed one more night so we could all spend it together. Our kids were estatic. They are really going to miss each other.

Friendships are such a key part of this mortal experience and I feel so blessed to have the friends in my life that I do, even if it means keeping in touch a half a continent away. Thank you Tisha, Jeremy, Sandy and Kelvin for being such dear, dear friends. We love and miss you!!!!