Girl's Lunch

We had our girls lunch today at good ole' KFC. What is Girl's Lunch you ask? Well about 10 or so years ago a group of friends (I think we all played softball together) decided we should go out for lunch every month so we could keep in touch between seasons...well, we are still hanging on to that tradition! We’ve been through several babies, marriages, divorces, etc. There have been a few that have moved away or just dropped out of coming and we’ve added people as our lives have changed, but we have a core group of about 7 of us that are still attending after all these years. We have such fun when we all get together. It's the fastest 45 minutes of chowing down our food and getting in as much conversation as we can!! We also have at least two set parties a year--one in the summer where we all try to take an afternoon off and hang out at a pool or a lake somewhere in town and the other is going out in December for our Christmas Party, we exchange gifts going by numbers and can steal them from others if we want. Needless to say we have fun no matter what we do!! It is really something to cherish to have such a great group of girlfriends! I think in the hub bub of our lives that everyone needs to take time away from their family to keep sanity and to relax a little without someone always needing something from you! My girls are that out for me and I hope that I always have that!
It is a sad time though and you could totally tell that at lunch today, as one of my good friend's and part of this great group of girls is moving away to the metropolis of Omaha to live with her wonderful man, get married and live happily ever after!! And even though I know we vow to keep in touch and she’s not that far away, I also know how you loose touch with people so easily. We’ve had a lot of great times together over the years and I will miss her greatly! My picture here is from the going away party we had for Trish a few weeks ago--man we had fun!!