We flew out to LA on Thursday evening and were so looking forward to spending the entire weekend with our close friends, Paul & Andrea (and Garrett) White. We met them through friends a couple of years ago (in SLC) and have only grown closer since they got married and we joined the same small group. In Salt Lake, we had some great get-togethers and Andrea played a HUGE role in the creative set-up for our wedding in January. Andrea and Paul moved to Los Angeles the day after our wedding for Paul's job so we've all used each other quite a bit for support as we've been in the same shoes for months now.
I was desperately looking forward to venting about the stresses of living in Reno to people who have felt those same stresses and Andrea has been a mirror to talk to regarding emotions, struggles with finding community/your place, and balancing priorities as a wife (and for her a mother). Needless to say, this weekend was the biggest gust of fresh air I had felt in a while. Aron was able to do 'guy' stuff while I was doing 'girl' stuff, all while being with people who really know and love us. We laughed and played games until 2 AM each night (err.. morning), made reservations for uber-fancy Mexican food, partook in an Easter feast at Paul's parents' home, went to an Easter pep rally, baked delicious goodies, observed a Vintage Dog Costume Contest, went to a street fair, saw a seal at Seal Beach, and loved on baby Garrett.
Here are some of the highlights:
put on your bunny faces!
look at that face. here's garrett in his Easter outfit from Uncle Aron & Aunt Mara.
There are some people that you meet during the course of your life who you know will be constant. The Whites would fall into this category for us. Their friendship has been fantastic and we're looking forward to their visit in July and many other trips in months/years to come!
I love you. Can't wait to see you in July!
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