We were Gramma 2 Many's 1st Stop...

A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to FINALLY meet Gramma 2 Many of Yes, They Are All mine. What's better? We also got to meet her daughter, Gina of A Handful of Life and her daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth. What fun it was! They called me on their way into town and I suggested meeting at my parent's house for pizza and swimming instead of a sit down restaurant. This way the girls could work of some energy after sitting in the car all day. Turns out it was a great plan. The kids all played in the pool until they were drug out kicking and screaming. LOL

I loved finally putting a face and voice with their names and talking more in depth about some of the life events they've shared on their blogs. I learned more in those few hours about them than I could have imagined. I felt like a sponge soaking them and their stories all up. I pray they didn't feel I was a total space cadet! I was just so in awe of them and the fact that they were really here! You know? Honestly I felt a bit star struck! Yeah, it was LIKE THAT!

Turns out, we all felt a craving for watermelon so Bird volunteered to find a really sweet one for us to devour. He did not disappoint us either! Can you see the juices running down Yaya's face, arms and stomach? We all looked very similar to her. ;)

You'll never believe what she said to Gramma 2 Many. "You can't have the big pieces. They're only for the adults." Notice what size slice Yaya is eating? Um, yeah! So, I explained to Yaya, she was not an adult but Gramma 2 Many was! Yaya, sheepishly said, "Oh...you can have a big piece then." That's my girl!

We invited them to stay at our home but in the end they decided to stick with their original plan and head on down the road to San Francisco. (Wonder if they wish they had spent the night after the whole couch in the road incident. ;) YIKES! You wouldn't believe the shocked look on my face the next afternoon when I received Gramma's voicemail telling me they made it safely to San Fran but not until after they'd hit a couch on the Freeway. YES, you read that right. They really did hit a couch in the middle of the Freeway! Want to hear something worse? The Highway patrol knew it was there when they called to report it! What the heck? I was so shocked by her message even Yaya recognized something was wrong by the look on my face. We were relieved they were all OK. Poor car has a band aid or two though.

All couches aside, we had a wonderful visit with them and before they left we had to take pictures. Here we all are getting our camera's ready for "the money shot!"

If you look closely you'll see Yaya in the bottom left corner trying to be an "Adult" again.

It was soo nice to meet you ladies. I only wish we'd taken a shot of the little girls together too. Until we meet again...