Birthday's and Goodbyes

Last weekend, well two weekends ago, 
was a wonderful down south weekend!

It was one of those weekends that I 
looked forward to all month long. 
But I also pushed part of it in the 
very, very back corner of my mind. 
It was Erin and Jill birthday weekend! 
But also our last moments with Erin 
before she leaves for Berlin for a year.

We started the weekend helping our dads cash in on a 
Father's Day gift to a Dodger game.
It was awesome. 
We were with our dads.
We were super close.
We got drinks and Dodger dogs.
We won!
I said hi to Ed Helms while 
fixing my Dodger dog soooooooo... 
Yeah much awesomeness. 

And we got to go on the field afterwards!
For fireworks!
That were set to Frank Sinatra tunes!

I felt a rush of sentimentality.
The last time we were on the field I said "yes" 
and promised marry my best friend.
Sigh.

After a slumber party at Erin and Jill's apartment, 

we soaked up the last of the summer sun with 

a stroll down the streets of Downtown Fullerton. 

By soaked I mean we were dripping in sweat. 

But still, quality time.

(Peggy and Jill you were greatly missed and 

we are terribly sorry about the 

free-single-cup-coffee-maker-giveaway-and-tow-away. 

I'll never look at a Keurig the same.)

A used book sale and a park were nice 

little stops along the way.

No pictures of the library stop...

but they did take our picture for the 

"Friends of the Fullerton Library" blog soooooo...

That counts for something somewhere 

on the world wide web.

Birthday dinner! 

It really did feel like a holiday... 

So delicious. So enjoyable.

Married, parents, best friends.

Jenny came to the birthday dinner!  

So lovely to have new friends around the table. 

Such a trooper to put up with all of us.

So blessed with sisters that I adore.

Quarter of a century sisters at that.

Our last picture of togetherness until Fall 2013...

Weird. 

I wish we took more pictures. I guess I dropped that ball. 

But what a perfect evening to celebrate. 

My heart was filled with admiration 

and love for Erin and Jill. 

The night overflowed with laughter and tears.

We prayed together, hugged a bajillion times, 

and tried to soak up the final minutes. 

Grahamy fell asleep on Erin's chest while we prayed. 

Sweetest thing ever.

I'll visit a goodbye post another time... 

For now, such a lovely weekend. 

I thank the Lord over and over 

for graciously blessing me with a family 

that loves me, loves each other, and loves Him so well...