Girls Weekend

When you first move to a new Army post one of the first people you meet are your new neighbors. There is usually a 50/50 chance that you will like the people you move in next to. More often than not they are people you can tolerate, but no one you want to spend a lot of time with. When we moved to Ft Riley we hit the neighbor jackpot. We could not have hand picked better neighbors, and now best friends. Adam and Jeremy enjoy hanging out and go to play golf ALL the time. Andrew and their boys Lucas and Matt have become fast friends and play together almost daily. As Lucas says we are all "family-mates". This post, however, is not about the boys. It is about me, Jackie and the amazing group of girl friends I now have thanks to her. Below is a picture of the 5 of us.

From L to R: Mary, Jackie, Kim, Mandy, Me

I love this group of girls! There is never a dull moment when we are all together. In fact we have started a quote book where we try to keep track of all of the crazy statements made by one or all of us. One of these days, maybe we'll make it into a book. The purpose of this weekend get together in Wichita was because Kim turned 30. We had a big party for her at Mandy's house and let me tell you it was a blast!

Kim and Jackie decided to do the Chicken Dance in front of the house in order to welcome Kim's brother James to the party. Before you ask, yes, the is completely normal behavior for these 2 :-)

Me and the Birthday Girl. Don't you just love her pink sparkly crown? She was such a good sport about wearing all the silly birthday stuff we bought.

Me and Jackie. Love this girl and I can't imagine finding another friend or neighbor like her.

Ahhhh...Mandy the hostess with the mostess! She always opens her house to all of us when we come down to Wichita.

Mary, Mary....She would kill me if she knew I posted this picture. This girl is BEYOND crazy and that is why we all love her.

Kim with her cupcake tower. In case you're wondering, yes, there are 30 candles on top.

Jackie shoving the pink cupcake in Kim's face/up her nose. They have been best friends since high school. Can you tell?

Icing anyone?

Ok, allow me to explain this picture. The temperature that day in Wichita was around 106. Granted the party was at night, but with so many people in the house, Mandy's a/c had a hard time keeping it cool. So Jackie decided to hug one of the ice blocks from the cooler. We later found out that Mandy's a/c was broken and had to be replaced so it wasn't just because of the high temps and large number of people in the house.

All in all it was an amazing weekend (it always is with this group). I am so thankful to have met these girls. It has been a long time since I have had a group of friends like this one. I'm sure there will be many more posts with these girls this fall so stay tuned for our crazy adventures.