~ Laugh Often ~ Love Much ~ Live Well ~

We did all of these this weekend! My face hurts and my sides are sore from the laughter!

Thank you Classmates.com.
We've been looking for Judy for years :)

Kaye Ashcroft Black, Trudy Jones Wood, Judy Woodside,
and Terri Aylward Leach

Dinner at Buddy's- Mmmm!
Terri, Judy, Monty and Kaye, Bob Prestwich and daughter, and Trudy

Kaye Black - Judy Woodside - Terri Leach - Trudy Wood

This is the year we all turned or are turning (sounds a lil' fruity.... ) 50 years old. As a special surprise to Terri from her awesome husband Randy we all met in Salt Lake. I drove to Pocatello Friday morning to pick up Kaye. We got to Salt Lake that afternoon as Judy was getting off of the plane from Phoenix, Arizona. Then Terri's plane came in 15 minutes later from Corvallis, Oregon. We have not been together in at least 28 years. Yup.... there was lots of screaming and laughing and hugging!!! We drove back through Lava and had dinner for old times sake, then on to Pocatello. Judy and Terri haven't been in Pocatello in 29 years.

What a blast we had this weekend!!! Kaye showed us all of the old sites. We ate at Buddy's. We dragged Yellowstone. We laughed until our sides hurt. We were as wild and crazy as we dared to be for our age. It was all good!

This is in tribute to the one who made it happen... I guess you can figure out which toes are which? Or not....

Well I guess some of us did things that may have been a little out of character for their normal selves. There's supposed to be a treble cleff in there.... Yikes!!

Yellow Roses are nice anywhere, anytime...

OK so..... not all of us. This one is a tatoo wannabe. Oh well.

We hugged Kaye and Monty goodbye.... and drove back to Boise for Terri and Judy's flights home on Monday back to Corvallis and Phoenix. It was all over too fast.... and we vowed to do this again. Maybe without the ink though... LOL!!

Friends Forever

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This is a good summary of the weekend...... these 3 plaques are hanging in my kitchen and I came across them today with fresh eyes:

Love Much
Love as if each day might be your last.
Let love be your foundation for life.
Love without conditions or expectations...
Listen to your heart.

Laugh Often
Go through your days with a smile in your heart
Let you cheeks ache from laughter.
Let your belly tickle from the joy of good chuckle.

Live Well
Live your life knowing that you are writing a story,
one the when retold, will be full of laughter and love.
The story of a life lived well.

Keri Lyn Shosted

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I couldn't have said it better myself.
Amen!