Heaven Sent

It was a quiet day at the park on a Wednesday in late May. I sat forlornly on the grass watching my two littler boys play and feeling lonely and maybe just a little bit sorry for myself. A may have even uttered a silent prayer for a friend. And then, to my right I heard the words "ward" and "bishop" and my ears perked up. Under a pavilion not far off I discovered a few members of the next ward over (one of whom I already knew) and...a girl who announced herself as a new member of our ward! A new member of our ward? (I am in YW and didn't even know there was a new family that week.) A new member of our ward who showed up to playgroup her very first week? I knew immediately that this was my kind of girl.

And from that day on, my summer has been happy. Sounds sappy huh? But we just love this family:

(We like their dad too, we just don't have a picture of him.)

Libby is Nathan's age and they are buddies:

And Jenna is Jacks age and they are buddies! Actually, the foursome are all pals. Dal loves them too and calls them "LibbyJenna." And I have a great time sitting and talking to Sara while the kids play.
We love these people not only just because they are so much fun to talk to and play with and be around, but because they are the kind of people who like to get out and have fun! We have done splash parks, park parks, beach days, swimming parties, Mt. Soledad, and more parks. We have plans to do the zoo and more beaching (with boogie boarding included for the moms), more parks and who knows what else in the next few weeks.

Yesterday we even saw them twice! In the morning we went on a picnic at the park, in the evening we celebrated Libby's birthday with a BBQ at their pool. Twice in one day and they don't even seem sick of us yet. :)

Here's the kids at Mt. Soledad:
We adore this family! But guess what? They are only here for three more weeks. Then they leave to go back to school in another state. :( Sigh. Nathan is excited that at least he will have a new pen pal.