lovin' our new neighbors

Stay-at-home moms (SAHM) are hard to come by around here, so you can imagine my joy as the Guymon family moved into the building next door with 3 girls and two awesome adults, one being a SAHM. It is so great to have friends so close and we have already traded babysitting, cooked each other dinner, borrowed drills, spices, etc, they have watched my kids a number of time and have already put them to sleep- no sweat, we've gone to the Beach, Coney Island, music in the park, and a number of BBQ's and Zanna and James, Zanna espcially, loves having girls her age to play/color/dress-up/apply lip gloss with etc. When we first moved here we kept telling Zanna that we would "find" new friends and after a few weeks of not meeting any little girls her age, she said, "where are they, Dad, I just can't find them!" So, now we have found them and every morning she asks if we can play with Bailee and Olivia- thanks for being our great neighbors and friends!


Rachel and I seem to have a lot in common, so much that I had to jot down a few:


1- we both have dark hair
2- we both have been told we look like Jennifer Connelly
3- we both played basketball in high school and love playing sports
4- they drive a minivan and a '97 Nissan Altima, we also drive a minivan and '97 Nissan Altima
5- both our husbands are residents
6-we both have brothers named Brett
7- we both get headaches a lot
8- we both love to exercise and do the double jogger thing
9- our kids have have had similar eating struggles
10- we own a lot of the same movies
11- they went to BYU, as did we
12- she is easy going about switching car seats, taking 5 kids to the park etc.- just chill like that
13- our blogs had the same backgrounds when we first met
14- we both attended our first belly dancing class tonight! (it was Friends and Family night, so she came to check out the gym and after that class I don't know if she'll come back- actually it was a lot of fun and a can't wait to get a jingle belt!)
15- our styles of cooking are similar and our desire to cook is similar as well
16- they also believe in the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure" :)

...there are more similarities, and of course many differences, but I will leave it at this- it's a little weird, eh?

Since Dave has been gone so much lately, I have been "third wheelin'" with them and Jim is always so nice to stay with the kids so that we can both get a break- so I just want to say THANKS and Yay for our new friends!