Blessings and Bumps!

What a weekend! 

Thursday night while James was at work and Madi was at Grandma's I had my 3 best friends over for some dinner, wine, and conversation. We had an excellent time and have decided that while we usually go out for our Girls Nights (and it's nice to once in awhile) we are going to alternate hosting dinners. One of them has been a part of my life since we were in middle school, one of them had a younger brother that we were friends with and his passing has brought us closer together, the other I just met a year ago! I am so blessed to have these ladies in my life! 

We took off on Friday for a long weekend in Tahoe. Not much fresh snow but there was snow on the ground and that was enough to please Madi. Once we got to the house we rented (horrible traffic turned a 2.5-3hour car ride into a 7 hour car ride...with a 2 year old and then the road to the house and the driveway were completely frozen over so we had to put chains on and still get out with a shovel and break up the ice! UGH! It was actually about 9 hours after departing that we were actually IN the house!) and got our vacation started we were exhausted! haha! We need a vacation from our vacation. We spent the first day just laying low, grocery shopping, de-icing the driveway, and playing in the yard and around the house in the snow. The second day James went downhill skiing and Madi and I rented snowshoes and went out for a walk. Last year we pulled her around in a sled while we snowshoed. It was a little hard for Mommy to see her baby with snow shoes on walking around like such a big girl! Monday we packed up and headed for home, making a stop in a small gold-rush town called Placerville along the way. We had a wonderful vacation and were so blessed to be able to go.

When we returned I found out that one of my best friends had a miscarriage at 9 weeks over the weekend. My heart is breaking for her and her family while they all try to sort through their emotions and grief. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and we are showering them with love. 

All the bumps along our road are overshadowed by all the blessings that we have been given! God is good!