College Days Revisited

We had a super fun weekend. It was a little busy but it was a lot of fun. My awesome college roommate Jamye and her family came up Friday and spent the night with us and stayed for most of the day Saturday! It was great to have them here!! So a little background on me and Jamye. We lived together for all 4 years in college. There are not many people who can say that. She grew up in the town where my grandparents lived and went to church with them. When I was preparing to go to Auburn, they said they knew a great girl who was looking for a roommate. So the story begins... We sent each other a couple of letters (this was back before email - that makes me old) and decided that we would try living together for the year. It was a perfect match. We lived in a private off campus dorm our first 2 years (that means we shared a 18x20 room - if that doesn't let you get to know someone nothing will). Then the last to years we shared an apartment with another friend of ours, Ashley. Jamye and I are a lot alike which is one reason I think we didn't kill each other in 4 years. We quickly learned how to get along and became great friends. Looking back at those years I am so thankful for her friendship and support. I think college is the time where you truly establish who you are and what you believe and I know for me it was great to have Jamye along for that journey every step of the way!

We have kept in touch over the years but haven't gotten to spend a whole lot of time together so it was great to get to spend so much time with her this weekend. She married a great guy named Steve a couple of years ago and they live in Auburn. I hadn't got to really meet him so it was great to get to know him. He is awesome and perfect for Jamye! They just had a beautiful little girl named Morgan so it was great to get to see her. She is the sweetest little baby!! We had a blast just hanging out and getting to visit. It was great to get caught up on life with the Smith's. We ate a lot and didn't do much of anything. They probably think we are pretty boring but it was nice to have a low key time.

Jamye and the girls. They were both crying at this point.

This is what Ben thought of all the babies in the house!
How crazy are we? We dressed them alike and had to get some photos. We are going to show them these photos in 18 years when they are headed off to Auburn to be roommates. We have already decided that they are going to live together and be best friends. They are also going to live with Paige our friend LeeAnn's little girl who also lived with us some at Auburn. We can't wait until the fall to get a picture of Kate, Morgan and Paige together!
It is impossible to get pictures of 2 babies. Here is Kate attacking poor Morgan!

Sweet baby Morgan! She smiles more than any baby I have ever seen. She is just 2 months old but smiles all the time!

Only pictures of Ben and the girls. This was as close as he would get to them.

Mommies and little girls. Jamye and I were laughing that neither one of us put on make-up or brushed our hair. That was so us all through college so of course we had to just be relaxed when we get together!

Such a great time!! Thanks for coming up for a visit guys. We can't wait to come down and spend some time with you this fall for some football games.

The rest of the weekend was just busy!! We had a fun surprise birthday party for our friend Jennifer on Saturday night (and it was a total surprise as her birthday is in December). Then yesterday was a crazy day of church and meetings. I don't think I sat down until 8 last night. Glad for it to be Monday! We have a pretty low key week ahead which is fun. Looking forward to hanging with my 2 favorite kiddos!