Susan's Visit!

In October, Susan Collie came to visit us for the weekend--all the way from Palmyra, New York!  Susan and I were roommates our Freshman and Sophomore years at BYU.  We were randomly selected to be roommates that first year and hit it off right from the start.  We have been the best of friends ever since.  It is hard to believe we have known each other for almost 20 years.  As soon as she heard about Anneca, she wanted to come visit.  We decided it would be best a few weeks after when things had settled down a bit.

Friday afternoon after her plane arrived, we took the kids to a pumpkin patch right along the Washington-Idaho border.  It was fun being in two states at once.:)  Then they went crazy running through a corn field (that was kind of a corn maze), picking out a pumpkin, and playing.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday we relaxed in the morning, then when Kyle got home from his campout, we went and got pedicures together, went to a cute local bakery, then walked around a beautiful city park that was awash in fall colors.  We also watched Les Miserables that evening.

Sunday morning we went to visit Anneca's grave before church.

The kids loved "Aunt Susan."  I think my kids are now confused as to who is their real aunt or just a friend they call "aunt".  It cracks me up.  Susan brought them pictures with leaves from the Sacred Grove and t-shirts, and played with them a bunch.  Andon especially loved her.  She brought her green frog that she had when we were in college and we took him to the pumpkin patch, etc., with us.  Andon fell in love with it, and she left it for him.  He still sleeps with froggy most nights! 

 

It was so wonderful having her here and having the time together to reconnect and talk about Anneca with her.  Now it is definitely time for me to go visit her in Palmyra!  Hopefully soon!

I really do have the most wonderful friends!