YaYa's ... 22 years and counting

June 13, 2022

Why these come in backwards now - I'll never know. Regardless, here we go.

YaYa 2022 is in the books. We headed to Lisa's secret hideaway... Rosemary Beach in Florida. It was BEAUITFUL!

My plane was delayed 3 hours on Thursday so I finally gave up and went home but the girls all made it and quickly got acclimated.

Poolsie and I had fun with the SnapChat Filter... there were SO many... but two of my faves...

The "I Ain't doin' it" faces and ...

we are the Kardashians! hahahahahaha

stupid filters!

This was the last night (out of two for me.. hahahahaha) and Lisa swore we would love the sunset. Was she ever right. But I learned... the lighting away from the sunset is even better.

But that sunset... my gosh.

And while the smiles were there. So was the pain. Debbie has finally reached her breaking point and knows she needs help. It scares me to see what alcohol does to people. Especially someone I love. Friends since kindergarten... I can't imagine life without her in it and I'm hoping she can stay sober.

We did the famous jump picture and honestly I didn't' think I could jump "that high" but you don't really need to. Just don't' tell because in some of those shots we look like Olympians. LOL

Until Chris bit it... hahahahaha

and Lisa cock blocked me...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So we tried again and ...

NAILED IT. Although Jen looks like she's trying to eat a donut in Heaven...

So instead of trying again... we did what we do best...

THE PYRAMID!

Frankie is just the cherry on top!

These feet have walked a thousand miles. We have told a million stories and we laugh at what (we think) we can remember and then choose to make a million more. We live very different lives all over the states but we made the commitment to meet and "stick our feet in the sand" every year and we have.. for 22 years. Covid stole 2 but we did see each other in smaller groups. Stupid pandemic!

We have laughed and loved. We have smiled and cried. We have watched a lot of sunset, and run a lot of miles in our cleats. And without a doubt... I could ask ANY OF THEM to be here and they would be on the next plane. No questions asked.

We talked about Karen. And the ones we invited that chose not to come. We played some funny games and shared why THIS trip meant something to us. I told them for me...

It's because THEY REMIND ME WHAT MATTERS.

Life has been hard, and icky and full of judgement and brokenness. Not with them. They choose to make me better. They pick the booger out of my nose, tell me the outfit does NOT do anything for me and tell me when I'm being shitty.

They tell me they love me, they listen, they laugh, and they don't put up with my crap. How many of you can say THAT? We 've walked marriages, divorces, babies and grandbabies. We are currently facing sickness, fat rolls, disease, aging parents, boyfriends, singleness, grief and some despair. But we do it together. Even thousands of miles a part... we are together. That's the thing about choosing. It's on purpose and it is what you make of it.

I chose YOU BENNY JELL!!

We even made Mr. Lee proud with a scenic (on bikes) my knees can't handle the running!

and it was expensive and worth every, single penny. The cheese.. oh that cheese. LOL

sunburned skin, sore abs from laughing and a lot of salt in the eye. Chrissy and I may or may not have sucked salt water out of each other's eyes... it's alleged and no one can prove it. Just say'in.