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CNH Company Picnic & Good-bye

Brynn got on the bus for the first time this year on Friday. We were happy to see our bestest bus driver Don is still working the 118 route again this year. Clara was excited to see him, too, and waved furiously at him yelling, "hiiii, Don!" Once we move we will definitely miss seeing him the mornings and waving to him. He noticed our sold sign and asked if we were moving. I choked out a 'yeah.' 



Case New Holland was holding an employee picnic on Saturday, so we hit that up for a while. It was pretty chilly, but we warmed up with a tour through the plant.

They had lots of food there including cotton candy.




More cotton candy for Brynn!




It started at noon,so by the time we had done all that there was to do, Clara was ready for her nap.



Here's what Daddy designs: the wheel loaders.



We were supposed to be packing, but found ourselves snuggling instead. I'd rather snuggle over packing any day!




Brynn showcasing Clara's and her chalk smashing project. Result: they have no actual chalk left to use now. :-/ Brynn is also a wannabe YouTube star. Ha.



Brynn and Clara horsing around. Poor Brynnie.



If you've been reading the blog for a while, you'll recognize Brynn's friend Rosha. The below pic here was taken when she and her family lived on the other side of the park and Rosha and Brynn would meet up most nights to play together during the summer. Rosha's mom, Fataneh,  and I always had a nice chat while we watched the girls play. Rosha and Brynn first met each other in preschool, the year prior to when this picture was taken. In it, Brynn is showing Rosha a book that she made for her.


Rosha often came over for trick-or-treating with us on Halloween.


The girls were in class together for Kindergarten and then attended Centennial together for another year until Rosha moved a little bit further West of us which put her in a different school zone. They still got together to play, though, and saw each other at HopeKids after school every day and at the summer camp.

Rosha and her family joined us for Thanksgiving for several years and they invited us to attend their Nowruz (Persian new year) celebration with them.

They stopped by last night to say good-bye as today they flew to Seattle where they are moving. Even as I'm typing this, I am tearing up. Rosha has been such a good friend to Brynn and we have gotten to be such good friends with Ali and Fataneh as well. We will miss seeing Rosha and having her over to play and miss having her trick-or-treat with us and her family with us at Thanksgiving. We joked that we'll have to FaceTime or Skype this year.

I made the girls get together for a picture before they left.


This was right before we hugged good-bye and I ugly-cried and sobbed all over Fataneh.

The girls hugging good-bye.

Comments

theweckerlys said…
Ooooh, so sad! :( Ugh. They have just been the bestest friends. I will miss them too! Loved the videos. Very creative chalk play, girls. Loved Brynn's "neigh-ing" in the video. What a good sissy. Beautiful pictures of Brynn & Rosha together. I hope they can keep in close touch.
August 28, 2017 at 11:02 PM
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