the treehouse with Ashley and kids

On Monday I let the kids have the day off from school so we all could go to Ogden and meet up with my friend, Ashley Keyes, her husband, Stephen, and her kids, Naomi and Benjie. They live in Texas but were in town for the holidays.

The museum was wonderful, and I had a lovely time chatting with Ashley. Ashley is a Brene Brown devotee and encouraged me to read Brene Brown while I was on bedrest. So we had a great time putting that reading to work, getting vulnerable, and bonding. I felt so connected to Ashley by the time we left around 3pm. I wish she lived closer! I also wish I had a picture of us together, but by the end Ammon was in the middle of huge tantrum. No picture possible. I did get some earlier of the kids:

Mary and Naomi