Reconnecting!

I have been so blessed with many wonderful people to enter into my life.  All of which have become a part of my extended family and have truly touched my life!  One of those special families is the Rubinson family.  I met them back in 2002 when I spent the summer being their nanny.  I may have been there "nanny," but I truly felt like a part of their family.  It was so much fun to spend my next three summers with them.  Fast forward seven years since the last time I saw them and I finally got to spend time with them again!  It was as if I had never been away!  Or maybe even better!  It was as if our two families were one family!  Everyone had so much fun together!  The kids had a blast playing together!  TJ and Aram had a great time chatting!  I had a wonderful time visiting with everyone!

We drove up to Vail on Monday to see the Rubinsons.  They were in for a ski trip.  We went up early and walked around because we had never been to Vail except to use the restroom!

 The kids on the way up

 After we walked around for a little while, we met the Rubinsons at their hotel.  As soon as Lily knew it was the Rubinsons, she ran up and started hugging them!  They all were instantly under her spell!  Lily instantly stole the spotlight!  She told them all kinds of stories answered questions!  My favorite was when Aram asked her what was her favorite planet (just to see what she would say!) and Lily answered, "The Moon!"  They were all a little shocked that she had an answer!  Then we headed to the restaurant.  We went to the Red Lion.  When Lily found out where we were going she instantly said, "Are the Lions going to eat dinner next to us?"  I responded, "No, there are no lions at the restaurant."  Lily then said, "Oh.  I wanted the Lion to eat with us.  I like the animals!"

 Annie and Lily colored the kids menu together.  It took them quite a while to do so!  Lily was in heaven!

 Lily, Annie, Shari, Me, Eli, and Emma

 Shari, Lily and me!  It was so fun to watch the Rubinsons with my children!  I had spent so much time with their kids and so it was fun to see them with mine!

 After dinner there was some dancing in the street!  Emma was going to do a dance for us when Lily once again stole the spotlight!  Soon it turned into Emma and Eli copying Lily's dance moves!

 On the way back to the hotel, Lily was walking with Aram finding bear prints.  She had to find each one and was so excited when she found a bear! 

Back at the hotel we spent time just laughing and catching up!  Lily went with Emma, Annie, and Eli to play.  She had so much fun dancing, learning to flip her hair, and playing hide-and-seek!  It was truly a wonderful day!  I cannot wait until we can get together again!  Hopefully we will be able to make a trip out to New York soon!  I am so glad we got to go see the Rubinsons!