Just Like Old Times

We had the pleasure of having our good friends, the Spicers, in town for 5 days over the weekend.  They are the rare kind of friends (although I will say that we are blessed to have a couple "Spicer" families in our lives) that everyone needs to have.  We could literally go without seeing each other for a year, reunite, and nothing changes.  Being around them is easy and fun.  No drama.  No judgments. No expectations.  No work involved whatsoever.  Just plain fun!  The Spicers just finished 3 years of podiatry school in Philadelphia and are now onto new adventures as they travel to Phoenix, AZ for residency.  Phoenix is still further than we'd like them to be but I think we are all hopeful that they will return to Texas for a job after residency.  For now we will just have to take our occasional visits and soak up as much Spicer time as we can.

This trip involved the following activities: Landa Park, golfing for the guys, the pool, the zoo, a little shopping for the girls, homemade fried ice cream, Blue Bell Italian Cream Cake ice cream, a stint of food poisoning (apparently no meat should be consumed even 1 day after expiration, lesson learned), South Riverwalk food trucks, Safe Haven movie, painting nails, lots of hang time, and nonstop playing for the kids. I've never seen Rylan play so well with anyone for an extended period of time.  Bentley, Tatum, and Rylan had a blast together.  Oh and Jennie even got a job while she was here. She mentioned that she wanted to get a part time gig now that both her kids will be in school. I threw out the idea that she should sell hardwood floors in Arizona and she was all for it.  We mentioned it to Matt and Damon and they were on board and excited for the potential to grow the Arizona market.  So, she met with Damon for a quick training and overview of the business, bought some shirts for embroidery, and is on her way to getting started when she gets to Arizona.  I'm excited to see what she can do!