Lisa and Jessie

I was thrilled when I got an email from my friend, Lisa, from Monterey asking if she could stay with us for the weekend. She was in town for a family wedding and reception. Her older girls were in Austria visiting Lisa's sister, so it would just be Lisa and Jessie. It was so nice to get the boys and Jessie together again. They played together often in California and frequently fought over who would get to marry Jessie (too bad she doesn't have a twin). We took the kids to a small indoor waterpark in Sierra Vista which is about an hour south of us. Then we went to church on Sunday and made a big dinner and played Settlers. It was so nice to see them and I hope we can visit again over the summer. We plan to meet them in San Diego in October again this year but maybe we can get together over the summer too. I like hanging out with Lisa. She is very relaxed and calm. I tend to not relax as much as I should so it is nice to hang out with people who have a calming effect on me. Thank goodness Mario has that effect on me too. (affect or effect? Too bad Eric isn't here to tell me which one to use.) I will post pictures of the Jessie, Nathan, and Zachary when Lisa emails them to me.