The Jeffares: Where does the time go???

This fall RHS's class of 2002, my graduating class, will be returning for its homecoming festivities. What?? I have been out of high school for 10 years! That's unbelievable! Even more amazing than that is the fact that I am still blessed to have my circle of friends from high school, Allison, Autumn, Courtney, Roxanna, and Tara. A lot has changed in the last 10 years. We have graduated from college and taken on our own careers. Among us there is a teacher, nurse, accountant, attorney, radiologist, and a Product Support Rep. We have all changed our last names to...Ashley Jeffares, Allison Ray, Autumn Veasey, Courtney Murchison, Roxanna McCollum, and Tara Snyder. We have become mommies... Courtney and Chad have Olivia, and Luke will be here in a few weeks. Autumn and Devin have Haylee and Kaleb, who was born this past April. TJ and I have Kelsi, who was born this past January. Tara and Jade have Sawyer, who was born this past May. Allison and Nick have one on the way. They will find out the sex in a couple of weeks, and he/she is due in January. So as you can tell a lot has changed in 10 years as you could imagine, but one thing has been constant...our circle remains unbroken!!

Every year at Christmas the 6 of us get together and bring the kiddos. Every year we say how we need to all get together during the summer and life has kept us so busy that we haven't...until this year! On July 16th we all got together at my parent's house. It rained most of the day so the pool wasn't an option, but we grilled and gabbed and that's what counts!

It's so neat to see us all with our own families. There were kids and babies everywhere! Haylee and Olivia ate and played Barbies and had a blast. Kaleb and Sawyer "played" on Sawyer's playmat, which basically consisted of them lying next to each other contently, and Kelsi well she was her lively self as usual, squealing and taking it all in. Everyone had a great time and I hope that like our Christmas dinner, this is a tradition that we will start and stick with.

It was so great to see everybody. It's fun to watch the kids grow and catch up with the girls. I can't wait to meet Luke and Baby Ray. I bet there aren't a lot of people who still have the kind of best friends that I do 10 years out of high school. The older I get the more I realized how truly blessed I am! LYLAS Allison, Autumn, Courtney, Roxanna, and Tara...LOL

A friend loves at all times...Proverbs 17:17