Pit Stop with the Bells

The week before Christmas Nathan and I decided spontaneously to drive up to Boise for Christmas. Part insanity, part desire for a white Christmas, part wanting to be home for the holidays and partly because we aren't sure we will make it up this summer before we move over seas again. We surprised (most of) our families so there was social media silence as we made our way up to Colorado where the Bells generously let us crash their mini- reunion. We actually had a lot of fun that first day of driving because we had Christmas movies and snacks, and Statham was a genuine trooper. We were also pretty excited about our day one destination, Bells! 

We love the Bells with all our hearts and have since our time in VA with them. Now, instead of being athletes and performers in HS, Marianne is married with a darling baby girl, Kim is married and working full time and Katie just got home from serving a mission in France. Love, love, love these chicas!

As usual Rosemary welcomed us into their lovely home (her Christmas decorations are my favorite!) and makes us feel at home, the same thing she has done since I showed up on her VA doorstep 9 years ago, homesick and scared out of my mind. She and Tom took us in for a few weeks and helped Nathan and I and our little fam get our bearings.
We only had one night but it was a great one. It was Kim and Katie's birthday so we had a birthday celebration and we stayed up with our three oldest playing Fish Bowl. It was super fun and I was reminded about the competitive genes that run through Nathan's family, right through him and into our children! It makes for very fun game nights though! And of course chatting wayyyy past our bedtimes. Thank you Bells for letting us come by, we love you!! A:F6!!!