The "Dish" on the Dastrup's: Great Friends are always Great

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Great Friends are always Great

On our way to Florida for Christmas, we stopped overnight at one of our friend's houses that still live there. We had a great time letting the kids stay up late and play. We are glad our friends let us crash at their house, leave it a wreck, and I'm sure we left some later-in-the-day grumpy kids! It was fun for us!

Check out the difference in kids (and additional family members) from the night before we left to move to D.C. 16 months previous here on this entry:
http://thedastrupdish.blogspot.com/2009/10/great-georgia-friends.html

1 comment:

Brett M said...: Wow, that is such a big change! I was thinking about that other picture when you took the one on Wednesday. I wish the Shattucks were here for another picture too! It was great to see you guys for a little while. You're welcome back any time!; December 23, 2010 at 11:09 PM

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Jeremy earned his Bachelor's in Criminal Justice and Sarah earned hers in Child and Family Development. Jeremy spent a total of 13 years with the Army. Jeremy recently graduated with a Master's in International Affairs from American University. He speaks Spanish and Malay. He goes to work at his "dream job" which he's been with for almost 8 years. Sarah taught preschool after her degree and then became a "stay-at-home" mom (yeah, right!). She is the CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, etc. of everything related to the family. This is our ninth house (ID, MO, KY, TX, KY, CA, GA, VA, SG). We are now six: Jeremy, Sarah, Allison, Madison, Parker, and McKenna. We stay busy in Singapore! We like to soak up all the adventures of the places around us and deal with the ones we are given!

When I Die...

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Scheneck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know that I was really here and that I really lived."
-Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley