Good bye to Vegas!

My sweet friend Dawn Brown threw a little get together at the park for us a couple days before we moved. It was sure fun to get to say goodbye to a few friends before we took off! Things got so hectic before we left, so this worked out great! She even made a cute journal for people to write in and I loved getting to read everyone's sweet notes. Sure wish I could have snagged a picture with everyone but the night went by so fast!

Last time pushing one of my kiddos in the swings at Gilcrease Park, going to miss that place!

Brinley and Marlee with Gracie!

Jackie Sue I love you! Sure miss this lady! She even brought me cute birthday presents to decorate my new house with!

So glad my paths crossed with Callie! Such a positive personality!

Oh Grace, could she be any sweeter!? Even my kids talk about how she is just one of the nicest people ever!

And sweetheart Dawn, the super Mom! Some how even with 4 kids she always has it all together! The more I learned about her the more and more I just loved her!!

Mariah! She is one strong woman, awesome friend and mother! I will miss smelling her yummy baking from over the fence!

Rebecca is someone I have ALWAYS looked up too! From the day we moved into our ward in Vegas I was always telling Ryan how I wanted to be just like her one day (She is 10 years older so it was my 10 year goal :)).  We became close friends towards the end of my time there and I loved her even more! One day she said to me "When I grow up I want to be Becca Nelson".  I just about died laughing and was totally beaming, meant a LOT coming from her!

I know this picture is totally blurry, but I had to post it. Darlene kept telling Marlee to do the "shakey shakey dance" :)   Even a few months later Marlee is requesting for "my Darelen say shakey shakey a me?"

Casen and DJ, best little buddies! Casen REALLY misses this fun friend of his, I think he was kind of like a big brother to him!

Dale caught this shot of all of us, so glad they stayed after to say goodbye! The kids were all crying when we had to leave them!

And here is my angel Darlene, what would I do with out her?? She is just the sweetest friend and I am SO grateful for her! I know she will always be there for me :)  We thought this was our "final good-bye" and bawled our eyes out! Little did we know we would get to see eachother over the next couple days since moving took longer than expected!

Brinley Boo and her bestie Daphne! These two play so well together, I am so sad they won't get to see eachother for so long!  Daphne is just the type of friend I want Brinley to have!

Michelle isso amazing! She wasn't able to come to the get together but brought us these travel bags for the car. One for each kid. They were only allowed to take out one surprise every hour. The kids loved them! She is so thoughtful and always doing stuff for other people. She made me feel so loved when she said goodbye and we both couldn't help but cry. Just love her and have been so grateful to have her as a friend the whole time we were in Vegas!