Time to Love on your Friends.....

Happy Monday everyone! Did you have a wonderful Independence Day? We did- I'll post more on that later. Kids are at soccer camp this AM and Ian is barely sleeping, so I have a quick minute to join into Friend Makin' Monday. To find out more about FMM, please visit Kasey at All That's Good. This week, Kelli from Outside My Kitchen Window is hosting and has a fun question:

Tell us about your BFF...where did you meet, was it BFF at first sight, how long have you been friends, etc.

What makes her your BFF...what is it about this person that makes her so special to you?

What a great topic!! I get to gush all about my friend, Christie. Many of you know her from Pop Rocks for Breakfast. I have been incredibly blessed to have her in my life. Where do I start??

6 years ago, right about this time, our little family was expecting baby #2 and needed a bigger house to live in. God blessed us with Jack on HIS timing....which was absolutely perfect, so we made the decision to move rather quickly and quite unexpectedly. we found the perfect house and were moving in on a hot July day when over came our new neighbors with a plate full of warm chocolate chip cookies and a bottle of sparkling lemonade. And of course, we instantly clicked.

They had an adorable red-headed little girl that was just about Morganne's age. So that similarity initially brought us together for birthday parties, playdates, and trips to story time at the library. The more time we spent together, the more we realized how much fun we had together.

We have so many incredible memories together. Christie loves to celebrate and always finds fun things for us to do together as families. From Children's Christmas Parades to Breakfast with Santa, to game-playing ice days and pedicures with the girls, to filming a reality home-improvement show together (that will be for another post- what fun!) and photo-scavenger hunts. We have had so many incredible memories together!!

What makes Christie so dear to me is that I can tell her anything. She is a Godly women and I trust her implicitly. She is a wonderful "second mom" to my kids...they have never NOT known life without Miss Christie and she spoils them rotten and treats them as if they were her own children. She is one of the most giving ladies I have ever known, always asking what can she do to help and offering even when you never ask....

Crazy Halloween parties.....

We think so alike that even living in different cities, we managed to pick out the same winter coat....

I thank God that he placed us in our little home right next door to their family. And even with 3 hours between us, we still manage to see each other often!! My prayer is that never changes. She is so much more to me than a friend...she is the sister I never had.