Too Long

How do I let it happen--the time lapse between getting together with old friends? I hate that I almost always think about calling someone I miss at some crazy hour of the day (and always a very late, late hour). I tell myself to just remember to do it in the morning but when a day new arrives, the thought completely alludes me and it is another week or two or even a month before the idea hits me again--and at midnight or later, of course. My brain is not what it once was--of that I am certain (like Krista has mentioned, this whole motherhood thing has frazzled me some :)

Well, I finally had an impulse to call an old friend as I drove Joe's car home from Cafe Rio last Friday and so I did--right then and there. And--we got together the next day! Hurray--we had arranged and canceled plans a few times already this year. And so, last weekend, we enjoyed a lovely evening with our friends Tony and Dorothy and their beautiful children.

Joseph and I met Dorothy during our first year living in Phoenix when she started taking the missionary discussions. She had met a darling boy a few years earlier and soon after, he left on a mission. Dorothy decided to learn more about the church for herself and Joseph and I got to spend a lot of time with her, before and after her baptism. The first time I met Dorothy I knew I would like her. She was so easy to get along with, very friendly and had the most gorgeous smile. I loved being a part of her conversion and sharing my testimony with her whenever she had questions. Anyway, after her baptism, Dorothy introduced us to her newly returned missionary, Tony. And the rest is history.

Here are some old pics from our Phoenix days:

Phoenix, 2002, when Dorothy first introduced us to Tony
(he was living in Utah and had come to visit)Later that year at Temple Square while we were all in town

And at our house last weekend: