Someday we will be neighbors...

We have really missed our friends, Ty and Danielle since both families moved away from California. And there's no doubt that Tabor and Gabriel really are best buds (more on that). We always joke that someday we will be neighbors again and raise our kids together. Oh, how I wish that would come true! Until then, we see each other from time to time, and cram as much fun as we can into our short vacations, to hopefully hold us over till next time.

For this visit, I will have to hit the highlights. I think the week passed so quickly, and we did so much, I wouldn't have enough time (being a mommy of two little ones) to write about it all. So without further ado...

We went to the National Zoo. It was chilly, so we only dared to take our pictures indoors, when we could take off our gloves. Here we are inside the monkey house. The boys loved seeing animals in real life. Hope loved it too, can't you tell?

We celebrated Ty and Danielle's 30th birthdays with chocolate cake.

Oh, and Danielle and I (Sarah) started nicknaming pairs of people that are most often together. It's just easier, and of course more fun, than saying everyone's names. Gabriel and Tabor are The Boys, Titus and Hope are The Betrothed, Ty and Richard are The Men, and Danielle and Sarah are... wait did we ever name ourselves? Maybe that's a task for the next visit.

We introduced Titus and Hope, aka The Betrothed. Despite our efforts to start their courting relationship now, they tended to stare at the loud toddlers running around rather than gazing into each other's beautiful baby eyes.

The Boys, as we call them, became inseparable. In the morning, the first one to wake up would call to the other, and start a back and forth yelling of their names. "Tabor!...Gabriel!...Tabor!...Gabriel!..." And so on. But since they're both so young, and still learning to say each other's names properly, it sounded like "Tay-boo!" and "Gay-bull!"

We took The Boys to the mall to ride the train around the food court.

And Danielle was determined to finish Hope's room before she left. Without her, it would still be incomplete, I'm sure.

And those are the highlights. I wish we could already schedule our next visit. But one day we will be neighbors and see each other all the time...