wow! pacas!

today i had what was simply a day of pure bliss. the kids and i drove a little over two hours to one of my friends houses whom i haven't seen in i'm thinking almost 4 years. she lives in a small town on what i think is a perfect farm. along the way we saw fields and fields of sunflowers and seeing them in such a quantity made me fully understand why they are my grandma's favorite flower. so beautiful. we also came across a sculpture garden and the kids had to have their picture taken in front of every sculpture. it was so cute! ginny kept running around yelling "art! art!" when we got to my friends house we were instantly greeted by her son, who is the same age as eagan peeking in the car windows and asking the boys to come and play. those of you who know my eagan know it takes him a good 45 minutes to warm up but all haden had to say was "wanna play mario?" and eagan was ready to go. :) she has seriously the sweetest children ever. gwendolyn was so excited to see all the animals. there were kitties and a puppy and chickens and a roster and alpacas. oh my gosh am i in love with those "pacas" as gwendolyn calls them. so sweet. and soft. and so unique!  i hope to have a few some day plus i got to visit with someone whom i love and she has so many of the same beliefs that i do. she is a pure joy. we were invited back in the fall when they will be adding goats(!) to their family and i hope they were serious because i simply can not wait to go back.