Lake Tahoe with the NaNa's!!!

The NaNa's and I had planned for 

years to take a FuN and FaBuLouS 

40th Birthday Trip!

With all of us living all over the WORLD

(literally!) and having such busy, 

crazy lives, I still can't believe

we pulled it off!!!

Of course I don't like 

to leave my little family AT ALL...

so there were some tears shed

as I left.  I just hate being 

apart from the ones I love the most.  

Thankfully I was going to see

the friends I love and adore the most,

so I was VERY excited, too!

Arrived in Dallas......

and had to send my man a selfie!

And of course get a Starbucks;)

KiDDiNG, I don't drink Starbucks.

Just a good old fashion COKE for me!!!

Then I met up with Brandy at DFW!!!

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!

I was SO HAPPY to be flying with her!

Hello Tahoe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally we were all together!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh HAPPY Day!

Sweet L had us all these fun little cups

with our names on them.  

The next morning, I got to see my precious

little God Daughter for just a bit...

Precious little angel!

Wish I could spend more time with her...

Beautiful Lake Tahoe!

So absolutely WONDERFUL to see my

 favorite Aussi Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is "40 on the Rocks"!!!!!

Oh how I LOVE these girls......

My Soul Sister...

Sweet L and I on a shopping excursion

that afternoon in Tahoe City...

FaceTiming with my LOVES...

I missed them so,

but they were having fun

without me:)

Everywhere in Tahoe is scenic...

it's a beautiful place!

Without Daddy even knowing, 

this sweet little guy called me 

to Face Time.  He was missing

Mama and I was missing him...:(

We had a wonderful 40th

Birthday Dinner out!!!

Kelli giving us a lesson on Tahoe

AND showing off her adorable

BUMP!!!  She finally shared the 

news with everyone that 

Baby Girl #3 is on the way:)

The next day we rented a boat and driver

to take us on a tour of Lake Tahoe!!!

We had a BLAST!

This place is GORGEOUS!

The water in Lake Tahoe

is FREEZING.  I mean like

seriously FReeZiNG.

I have some strong friends who took

the PLuNGE.  I, on the other hand,

didn't even consider it!!!!!!!!

We laughed so hard watching them!!!  ;)

This day was one of my favorites EVER.

I prayed and prayed for my very own

"group" of friends while I was in high 

school.  I found them in college.

They mean everything to me.  

We wanted our boat excursion to last

all day ~ it was just perfect:)

More shopping!

My girl who lives way too far away:(

Our last evening out for Dinner.....

Megan and I were up VERY, VeRY,

I mean VERY early the next morning

 to catch our flights home!

Kids, I'm coming home!!!!!!!!!!!

Had to stop for a Starbucks of course;)  ha ha!

Kimberly treated us all to these

adorable bracelets by Alex and Ani.

I love mine:)

My trip was AMAZING

and I'm so thankful for it!

But even more AMAZING was

coming back home.....

I am one VERY well-loved 

Mommy and Wife and Daughter!

My cup truly runneth over!!!

Even my sweet, wonderful parents

missed me and couldn't wait to see me!

I loved that they showed up, too:)

I have the BEST family and 

friends in the whole wide world.