Surprise!!!

This was a surprise that had been in the works for months.  The Barker's planned to come down on May 23rd, but my kids had no idea.  They didn't tell anyone because Brianna wanted to show up and surprise Kelsie, and they wanted to surprise everyone at the school too.  How fun is that?  For weeks, Kelsie kept asking when she could see Brianna and it was killing me but I stayed strong!  :)  So the anticipated day finally arrived.  I told Kelsie to answer the door and I ran outside to greet the Barker's and get the surprise on video!  Brianna knocked on the door and Kelsie answered the door.  She was SHOCKED!  She gasped and started crying and hugging Brianna.  They were so happy to be together again!    This is the first picture I got of them.  I love that you can see how thrilled they are to be together again!

Love these two girls SO much!  They are the best of friends.  They were completely inseparable when they lived next door and this move has been extremely hard on both of them.  You couldn't wipe the grin of Kelsie's face all night.  She was so happy to have Brianna back!!! 

After a few minutes I rushed down because I wanted to see my other kids reactions when they saw the Barker kids.  I was way too late!!!  Emily and Amber were already in the basement playing ponies as happily as can be.  Emily was ready for soccer and quickly told me, "I'll skip my soccer game!"  She never wants to miss soccer but she was so happy to have them here.

The little kids had found my boys and they were jumping on the trampoline, just like the old days.  It was such a fun day.  It was SO fun to surprise my cute Kelsie with her best friend!  And it felt so perfect to have all of Mindi's kids running around the neighborhood again.  It felt like the old days..and I really miss the old days.  :(  It was the best feeling.  Like everything was back to normal and the Barker's were still our next door neighbors and had come to hang out for the evening.  We miss them so much!!!