The Fab Five

Last weekend was one of the most fun weekends I'd had in a long time!  It was a girls weekend with four of my best friends from college that we had planned back in February.  We knew we would have to plan something way in advance if we ever wanted to make the effort to get together every year.  All in all it was a great success!

I was able to get off a few hours early on Friday and Rachel and her husband, David, came to pick me up before we all headed down to Fay-town!  (David had also planned a guys weekend so it worked out great to all drive together.)  We met up with Lauren in Rogers and then headed down to Mr. Cashion's home office, "H.O.", to meet the other girls, Allison and Jessica!  It was pretty late so we decided to go to one of our favorite places, Common Grounds, on Dickson Street.  CG is a fun place that serves all sorts of different things: sandwiches, desserts, coffee, shakes and even adult beverages.  We had a great time catching up and hanging out!

Saturday morning we got up and decided to go floating on the Illinois River!  It was great fun and brought back so many memories.  I loved being with these girls so much.  We soaked up some sun and of course talked and talked some more!

The bus ride to the "dock" - cute girls!

On the river!

Ok, so my camera got wet and this is why this a such a terrible picture... BUT I had to put it on here because after we were finished rafting, we all put on these camoflauge hats that we found in the back of Lauren's husband's car.  It was too perfect for that day so we had to snap a picture.  What great fun!

After floating we went to lunch at another favorite place of ours - Slims Chicken!  It was so delicious and we had another great time over food and in the sun (we stayed chatting til about 4 o'clock!)  After Slims we headed back to the H.O. to get ready for our evening.  We had made reservations at Bordino's on Dickson Street but we couldn't get there without making a much-needed stop at the beloved Pi Phi house!  We toured the house (after getting in on a remembered code) and awed at how much it had changed even since we had lived there!  We even snapped a few pics outside by the fountain (thanks to Rachel for being the only one with a working camera!)

Rachel, Jessica, Lauren, Me and Allison - representin' some Pi Phi angels!

After dinner at Bordino's we walked on campus for a bit and saw everybody's names on the sidewalks.  We just love that tradition and we all have great spots on campus!  Our tour could not be finished without a stop to the newest addition (and only one in the world), Wal-Mart On Campus!  Way to be Arkansas- we love you so much.  After campus, we went back to the H.O. to play games and talk more!  We of course went to be way too late both nights so we were exhausted by the time Sunday morning rolled around.  

We had a great weekend reliving some precious memories and I know these girls will be a part of my life forever!  So happy to be blessed with such wonderful friends.