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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Friends.

Life gives you friends throughout your entire journey.
Some come at just the right time, some go, some stay for life.
Every one is a gift.
 Everyone one is different. 
The connections, the way you talk, what you learn from each other, the way you have fun. 
That's the fun of it!
Above are some friends we love to hang with regularly...yes, family can be best friends!

Here are two very special new friends to me. 
The connection and hearts that we share is powerful and has been such a blessing for me. 

We are real with each other with our hearts open and free.

I just met two new amazing women. We met each other and instantly knew we had to be pals. Here were are on the first of many "creative field trips" that we are planning monthly. They are creatives and designers and I am so happy to have them in my heart and days.
Above is a place called "Upstairs Circus" near Denver. It's so cool and hip! Kind of like paint-n-sip classes but so much better. You can choose from art, leather making, glass, jewelry making, etc etc.

You pick your project (all the same price) and then sit with all the materials, instruction and tools that you need to complete it. And they bring you fun drinks!

We were there for about 3 hours making our things! Heidi and Billi made aprons with personalized leather accents and I made a pretty charm tassel necklace.


The many faces of Miss Polly

A party girl.

An always-ready-for-a-party type of girl.
Yea, she doesn't have a choice.

A fashionista.

A race horse.

A hugger.

Bear with me, apparently we take WAY too many pictures of our dog!

A spoiled slacker.

A "I am so darn cute give me a treat" girl.

A "I am concerned out of love" girl.
(Lauren just had oral surgery.)

A hide-n-seek with her bestie fuzzy friends girl.

A "I am being so patient for scraps falling from the table" girl.

A snuggler.
She will stay snuggled in blankets on the couch ALL day.

A "I feel frumpy and need a spa day" girl.

A protector.
Watchdog of her kingdom of friends.

Hello 2017

We had a New Years Party.

It was a blast.

We ate, danced, sat by the fire, danced some more, played, laughed, blew our ears out with music too loud,

some of us par-tey'ed it up a little too hard...

4am most of us said good night good morning.

Here are some random pics of the night...












Christmas already.

Round one of Christmas day starts with our family, opening gifts to each other and gifts that have been sent from far away Foster family.

Santa never forgets the girls. Money is always welcomed too.

Josh put a cute booklet together with some Foster Family Fun Day dates.
He also made me a fabulous reclaimed wood USA map for downstairs.

Polly loves her fur babies.

Round two is spent at Steve/Heather's house. 
We open more gifts.
Man are we spoiled and blessed.

Steve never disappoints with his grilling/smoker skills.

Eat.

Pose.

Laugh.

Play.

The end of the night is always "Santa Hat" picture time.
This is a Gastorf tradition on my mom's side of the family.
We do it every year, ever since I was little.
And some of the hats are still the same too!

(The family picture coming soon...)

We took a VERY COLD spin on Steve's razor.
Did I mention COOOOLD?!



Christmas Eve already.

Clearly I am WAY behind on this blog. Here is Christmas Eve. Finally!

We went to church. We went to Nana's for dinner.

We played and belly laughed so hard at "Pie Face" game! It was a delightful time.










This advent calendar. It was what I grew up with. My mom made it when I was just a tot. Every year for the past almost 17 years the girls have been placing the ornaments on. 

I love this picture. The pictures of them posing like this for years. I'm sure mom has my brother and I posing through the years too.

Time that has passed so quickly. The Christmas that they will always carry in their hearts is different for everyone. The memories, the feeling, the family and friends. It's so special.

Christmas has always been magical, full of love and full of meaning.

May they always cherish these times, pass them along with their future kids...

 and carry them close always.


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