Friends.

Friends are so important.  I am so thankful for the good friends I have.

15 years ago when I lived in Logan, UT for the first time; my husband and I made some great friends.

…and now we have moved back.  We have reconnected with some of those friends.

We have also made wonderful new friendships.  I am so thankful for the gift of friendship.

One of those friendships that was created during my previous years in Logan was with my BFF; Krysta.

That little stinker doesn’t live in Logan anymore.  They moved to Houston just before we moved to Arkansas. 

I was all for it then because that meant it was only a 7 hour drive to see her.

Now that I’m back in Logan; it’s almost strange not to have her here.

All of my previous Logan memories almost all have her in them.

…so because she isn’t here; I have to make the journey to Houston to see her.

Last Novemeber, I took a trip to Houston to see Krysta.

I never blogged about it because Thanksgiving, Christmas, and surgery all happened right after coming home.

I want to go back and recap about it now:

 

This is my favorite part about arriving in Houston; walking through the door of the Moes’ house.

It feels like home.  Krysta’s house feels so comfortable.  It is beautiful; I wish I could take you on the full tour.  You would love it.

She had done a little re-decorating since I had been there last so it was fun to see a few of the changes.  Walking around and looking for all the changes is part of the Krysta/Andrea ritual.  We do it every time we arrive at each other’s home.

We both love fall and decorating for it; so it was fun to be in her house with all her pumpkins out.

This was the room I got to stay in:

Poor Ady was kicked out of her bed so I had somewhere to sleep.  I kept telling Ady that the “A” was for Andrea.

I love being with all of Krysta’s kids.  They are like my own nieces and nephews. 

Ady was born just 9 days before Tess; so it was fun to be with her.

Here she is helping me wash apples and telling me stories.

One thing I wanted Krysta to teach me is how to make carmel apples.  She is so good at it.

It is a tradition in her family.

 

See… they have the whole process down.

Now I am addicted to carmel apples; and have made them about 15 times since I left Houston.

It was great to be in the nice Houston weather while it was so chilly in Utah.

It’s so warm Krysta has a lemon tree in her backyard.

I was smitten with it, and so jealous.  I think I could move back to humidity just for all the beautiful plants that grow.

Krysta’s yard looks amazing.

When we are together, we don’t make big plans.

In fact, I love just chilling at her house.  It’s like having a vacation at home without having any work to do.

Here I am chilling on my computer; while Ady sleeps on the floor.

We did do A LOT of shopping(enough that I had to ship a box of stuff home), and made sure to eat good food.

We both love to eat.  We enjoy trying out the recipes that we each make for our own families; and we love going out.

KRYSTA.  I MISS YA!!

I can’t wait for you to come this summer.

Thanks for the awesome visit in the fall.

We should all thank God for good friends.