We drove the miles and miles from Colorado to Chattanooga, TN. We were there only long enough to pick up Braylee and we hit the road to Ashville, NC. There we all stayed with our good friends Jaime and Craig. Jaime had put chocolates on our bed, a basket of Burt’S Bee’s lotions and chapsticks, and well Jaime is simply an incredible hostess!!! When we arrived Jaime was making all kinds of things for a Monday Night Football party that was to take place in their home. She let me cook with her and learn how to make some amazing food! The picture of the table is only part of the spread she put out. She let Craig finish up and took Sandy, Braylee, and I out to dinner. We stopped by her parents place and I was able to visit with Jaime’s father and her sister. Their family has been so good to me for years!!! It was great to see them! We then went back to the house and her mom stopped by and had put amazingly soft robes on the bed for Sandy and I for Christmas gifts. She told us the stories of her broken ribs from wrestling and gave us so much love!!!! We then decided to eat some of the food from the party = ) Sandy and Braylee went to bed and Jaime and I stayed up late reminiscing.
The next day Jaime laid out so much food for us to eat for breakfast and we went skiing. It was a small place, but had a good hill for learning. They were blowing snow all day so we were wet and cold, but we kept going and had a blast! We came back to the house and got showers and then went to visit our friends Marci and Elijah and their two boys, Ethan and Braden. It was our first time seeing Braden and Ethan had grown so much since we last saw him. We all sat around telling stories of our high school glory days and all the silly things we used to do. Ethan was so impressed with Braylee and kept asking Marci to ask Braylee if she would play with him = ) We went back to Jaime’s and we all sat and talked for a while. Sandy and Bray went to bed and Jaime and I once again stayed up very late talking! It was so good to be with friends! JAIME AND CRAIG THANK YOU so much for having us into your home. We felt so welcome, comfortable, and actually a little like we were staying in a five start hotel = )
Braylee is getting so big! She is growing up so fast! It was so good to have her with us. We dropped her off with her mom today and we already miss her!!! BRAYLEE we LOVE AND MISS YOU! NEVER FORGET THAT!!!
Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving and we just wanted to say we are thankful for all of our loved ones and for this journey we have had the opportunity to take! Sending so much love! Namaste!
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