Reunion

The end of last month we were happily surprised to hear that some old friends were going to be in our neck of the woods. Our good friends Joey and Kaitlyn Vap were coming out from Virginia for some campus visits to CSU and UW.  They were only going to be in town for one day and I am so glad the stars aligned so we could make this meeting happen:) We both left Laramie in 2003 after finishing school. We went to Cody and they went to several different military bases. We saw them once in Florida, we met once in Denver, and they came to visit us in Cody. Other than that, we have not seen them in person (just Christmas cards and social media) for nearly 10 years. Joey is a great friend. Although we have not kept in touch as much as we both intended, we just picked up where we left off and things just feel so comfortable with her.

 While Bailee and Kaitlyn were inseparable as preschoolers, it was a little less natural for them. I guess that shouldn't come as a surprise since a best buddy relationship with someone at 4 or 5 doesn't necessarily carry over when you haven't talked in 10 years. However, it was so fun to see how similar they are ...still. They have both developed into young women that have very common goals and priorities. Mark was out of town so it was just me and the girls...which was perfect since it was just Joey and Kaitlyn that made the trip.

 I had to bring along some old photos of the kids to reminisce. These two girls were absolutely adorable together and spent nearly everyday together in our little student housing complex. They had lots of sleepovers {only because we lived just across the playground from each other}

 They were the queens of Tea Parties and I think we had at least one a day. 

 They just loved spending time together and were the cutest little friends.

 Their son Jayden, was a year older than Karsyn and they became little lounge buddies. The Vap's had these little chairs at their apartment that Kars fell in love with. She often caused trouble by wanting to sit in Jayden's and refused to get out. He also had lots of cool animals that she enjoyed playing with. But mostly they were content to just sit there in the chairs together:)

So lucky to have this lovely family as friends and so happy we got to see them for a bit and catch up. It's hard to believe that the reason for the reunion was for COLLEGE...no way that is possible! I hope we have more chances to see one another in the future.