Glory days

My best friend Afton came to visit me right before we moved to Texas.  Finally!  I don't know why she needed so much coaxing to leave the mountains for the beach, but I'm so glad she ended up making the trip,,,even if it was just in the nick of time.  Afton and I have been friends for almost 15 years.  That's a really long time to stay in touch with a person that you aren't related to!  We had three fun years living down the street from each other in Idaho and I wish I could pack her and her crew around with us to all the different places we've lived since then.  It's always a good time when Aft and I get together.  Ten years ago we were begging Afton's Dad to buy us new bikinis at the swap meet so we had something new to wear on MTV Jams.  Tyrese was hosting and we had to impress.

Afton, remember how freezing cold it was when we showed up for our 7 AM casting call and we were THEE only white girls there?  Remember how Lil Wayne wanted to hang out with us after and I thought he was for sure the scariest person I had ever seen?  I remember asking you why all his teeth were gold and had diamonds in them and you told me it was a rapper thing.  Remember how Bernadette gave his crew her cell phone number and they called us like 12 times that night?  I'm so glad we had the good sense (for once) not to call them back.  Remember how I won that contest and I yelled out the answer "BENTLEY" and danced around like a fool.  Pretty sure that video is going to turn up one day and we are going to die of embarrassment.  We were crazy.  And you ask me why I'm scared to have a girl. 

Now, we're Mom's with giant beach bags packed with snacks and sunscreen, huge wagons full of beach toys and four kids trailing behind us.  Oh how times have changed. 

After a long day at the beach we snagged a babysitter for our little mongrels and went out to a fancy dinner in Manhattan Beach.  Our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and we ordered way too much food.  It was all so good though and it was just fun to catch up and talk. 

Did I mention the food?  So good.

Thanks for making the trip Aft.  I know it wasn't easy...driving alone from Victor to Salt Lake, staying in a hotel, waking up early for your flight....I know how hard that is to do by yourself with two kids. It was so fun to have you at the boy's birthday party...(pictures to come).  Can't wait for us to be old ladies sitting on a beach someday reminiscing about when we were young moms.  These are our true glory days!  Love you!