Deux.

I miss....

• Mini breakfast dates with my husband at Panera.
• Play dates with my Mommy friends in the IE.
• The BEST Mexican food known to man for dirt cheap.
• On the whim visits to Disneyland.
• Weekend long trips to Vegas.
• Get togethers hosted at our house at least 1x every 1-2 months.
• Pumpkin carving/Halloween party.
• "Fakesgiving"
• Annual Christmas parties w/Secret Santa.
• My boss and my job.
• Zoey's sitter/nanny.
• Torrential rain w/hail storms.
• Snow w/snowboarding.

It doesn't look like we are planning to move back to the desert. With friends spreading out and leaving, really, there wouldn't be the same types of memories being made. I am rather happy to hear my former roomie is moving back here in fall, I know she won't be the same, because she's getting married, but it will be nice to reconnect with her once in awhile versus once a year.

Thoughts do run through out heads and we could get a better paying job, but is it worth leaving family (again) and having to stand tall on our own without the help of my parents to love and adore our children. I don't think money could ever cover that. If my parents were to move with us, I think that we could do the move, but I highly doubt that would happen.

On a happier note though, five things I am indeed thankful for...

• Good health, at least last I heard...
• Family that always stands by us and willing to help out.
• Friends that I can always count on for everything!
• Love, the wholesome, forgiving, unconditional love my husband surrounds me with.
• My children who fill my house with laughter, joy and craziness. 

Reminiscing Life in the Desert

It's funny when I look back at the Mobile Uploads folder on my Facebook. I saw things I had totally forgot, and I almost brought me to tears laughing. Between my children and my loving husband, all of them combined melt my heart. 

He put this together in Kindergarten for Father's Day. I had totally forgotten about this, I know I have it stored away because I am a sentimental person, but because it's out of sight, it's out of mind. It's things like these that truly melt my heart... Actually, my point was I miss his teachers in the desert. I almost feel like I owe them everything for starting out J's education on a good note and because of them, he took off. BME truly shaped my child and I am thankful...

But it wasn't just that picture, it was a whole bunch of pictures combined to make me miss life in the desert. A few years ago a friend once told me, "You will be driving your car and laughing your butt off!" She was trying to remind me that a "good life" was just around the corner, and that the temporary hardships of residency will come to an end. She was my pillar when I needed her. She is a friend I truly miss....

...because of this friend I learned that Red Robin is one place that accommodated our two families and learned to love BBQ chicken. How I miss my Whisky Wrap; I could just go for one right now, unfortunately none exist on this island.

Life here is good, but sometimes it good to remember the good times in a different part of our lives. It may not have been "good" but it sure gave us some good memories....