It's pretty hard to believe, but August 27th will be my 5-year mark for my time here in New Jersey. It seems like just yesterday that I moved here from Salt Lake City, yet here I am, all settled down with a husband, 2 kids, and 3 dogs! Now that I've been here a while, I'm finally feeling settled, like I've built a home for myself and my family here. The last 2 years have been instrumental in making me feel this way and that is because I have built some really strong friendships with some incredible women. I think most moms can agree that it's crucial to have other "mommy friends" because we can all relate to just about everything. I feel so lucky to have built a strong support network of friends who have accepted me and my children like family. Thank you to all of you (you know who you are!) who have been sort of like my NJ Family, since I don't have my parents or sisters here.
One of those friends is Jen Wilkin. Since I am now working and can't attend our usual Friday morning playgroup, Jen decided to host a playdate on a Saturday morning so that I could attend. She gave me the choice of 3 different Saturdays in June, then invited all our friends over for a playdate complete with breakfast. It was so kind of her to think of me in this way and I hope she knows I was so touched and grateful. THANKS Jen, for a wonderful morning!!
Harrison and Reagan went to preschool together last year at Ms. Lisa's (so they met when Reagan was just 22 months old). Jen and I were both pregnant at the time with our second, so it was a perfect friendship in the making!
Reagan told me she wanted to go play in Harrison's room, so I agreed to let them go upstairs while the rest of the playdate took place in the playroom. When I went upstairs to check on them, I walked in on them playing so nicely together, reading books!
Avery absolutely LOVES babies! She wouldn't stop hugging and kissing Sandy's baby Julia, hence this funny video :)
Jen has these 2 very sweet dogs, J.J. and Jorge (pronounced "George-E" but I'm pretty sure she spells it "Jorge" since she's named after Jorge Posada of the Yankees!)
The kids all go crazy for these dogs, and so do I because they are such "lovies!"
This one is a poodle and she actually loves to give hugs! Reagan couldn't get enough of them.
Jen let the kids feed the dogs treats and they were all in heaven
The only thing Reagan wanted to do was hold the dogs ... once on her lap, they gave endless amounts of kisses
Thank you for having us over Jen! Reagan continued to talk about the dogs ALL day, telling me we needed to go back to Jen's tomorrow so she could see the dogs again.
It was a rainy day for most of the day and when we got home, Reagan and Avery decided to "dance in the rain," something they thought was pretty cool. 
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