This one's dedicated to my friends...

I have awesome friends!  Everywhere I've lived I have been blessed with great friends and, because we never live close to family, I have been especially grateful to these wonderful people who have been like family to us. 

My sweet friend came over to my house today with her kids and started cleaning.  Just because she wanted to do something nice for me.  The kids played and we cleaned and she didn't stop for 2 or 3 hours.  I'm overwhelmed by how kind that was.

When we had Lucy, my friend just took my kids and told me not to worry she'd farm them out and take care of everything.  And that she did for two days.  Friends took turns taking care of my kids and helping out.  They visited me at the hospital and oohed and aahed over my baby.

After we had Lucy people brought us meals for a few days.  Then friends just kept bringing meals, about 2 a week, for a few weeks after that.  Just because they wanted to be helpful.

People have had my kids over to play (Owen's had the rock 'n roll life with playdates multiple times a week), helped with rides, come to visit, popped in to see the baby, and we've receive so many gifts for Lucy from friends, neighbors, Brent's coworkers, and even the kids' teachers.  The gifts have definitely been appreciated but I appreciate the gesture even more.  The fact that they were thinking of us and went out of their way to be so kind and thoughtful and share our excitement about a new baby. 

I used to think I had something to do with having such awesome friends, kinda like I feel like I should take some credit for having such a great husband.  I did choose to marry him afterall. But I can't take any credit at all.  They are wonderful, selfless, fun, nice, thoughtful people all on their own.  It's been like this everywhere we've lived and I'm just luck enough to call them my friends.

So to my sweet friends, old and new, I love you all and thank you for everything you do and have done for me and my family!