Kalley's Travels

This is me 10 years ago, graduating from Baylor with my closest group of girlfriends. I met them 14 years ago when I was a freshman living on a weird dorm hall floor and found serenity on the first floor with a few of my fellow Theta pledge sisters (Lisa and Amy on the right). (No offense to the few 4th floor girls that I am still friends with...you just have to admit my roommates were a little psycho). Kathy, Katy, and Lori were 1st floor bonuses and Julie (left of me) was on the 5th floor but a pledge sister. So Theta deserves some props for the introduction (Kathy and Katy eventually became Theta sisters and Lori's Mom, Aunt, and cousins were Thetas). I would not have survived at Baylor without my girls...they were my family for 4 years and oh, how I miss them. That's why last weekend was sooo special. We haven't ALL been together since graduation so we met in Galveston for a week, minus Lisa and Amy:(. My roommate joked that we were Mommies gone wild, but we really weren't that wild. So ten years, 12 kids, 7 dogs, and some crows feet later, we can still get together like nothing has changed...same "your mom" jokes, talking for hours, dance parties, and the freedom to speak our minds but sill be loved (and I do have a loud mouth). I'm looking forward to the next meeting, which will hopefully be an annual vacation.

I cried at the airport as I said goodbye so it's a good thing I had another vacation to look forward to...I headed to Vegas to meet up with the women in Matt's family. We were celebrating Amy's 25th:) and Paige's 21st birthday. Got to see Cirque Du Soleil Mystere and Wayne Brady and didn't loose too much cash...it was fun.

Then I left Vegas to fly to Denver where I got to wish my parents a happy 35th anniversary, picked up the new mom van, ate dinner with my sisters and cousin-to-be (we pre-partied by trying on wedding/bridesmaid dresses...some cute, lots not so cute), slept, had breakfast with Brady and Amy and then drove the 7 hours home to Amarillo where I got to hug my sweet kids and hubby.

Apparently they had lots of fun with Daddy, although mischievous too...look what they did while he was in the shower. Grayson got both car seats up on the couch and Matalley must have climbed in to watch Saturday morning cartoons.