I will miss...

I will miss the Sampson's! Our next door neighbors moved to the north side of town last week. I am so sad. The Sampson's were the best neighbors ever! They were so quick to welcome us when we moved in. They brought brownies over the day we arrived and invited us over on New Years Eve a few days after we got here. Every time I have pulled out of my garage this week i have looked over to see if she is outside... then I remember she is gone : (

I am pretty sure I owe them about $50 in groceries! I am one of those neighbors that borrows stuff and then forgets to replace it. I can't tell you how many onions and eggs I have borrowed! If I needed something and they weren't home I just helped myself...

A few memories with the Samspons... ( i can't beleive i went through all my pictures and I don't have one of the 2 of us! I will have to look through my girls camp files and see if I can find one!)

We went camping with them in Carlsbad our first Nevada Day. That was lots of fun!
Tiffany and her sister

I will miss our 4th of July celebrations!

Dave loved buying fireworks! He always had the best! He is the one that introduced Tanner to fireworks!

I'm not sure I can write our camp years without shedding a tear... I knew Tiffany was one of those wonder woman ladies from the day I met her... but when she was called to be the 3rd year camp leader and I was the assistant stake camp director I realized that she was truly and amazing lady. She is probably one of the most "in-tune" people I know. She had genuine love and concern for those Young Women that she served. I think we went on 3 4th year hikes together, 4 years at girls camp. She was my stake camp director for 2 1/2 girls camps with me as ST. YW president. I got release right before last years camp... we had pretty much planned the whole thing together. I can't tell you how many meetings we had out front by the mailbox or out back talking over the wall. We could read each others minds at camp! it was a little freaky! I have learned so much from her! She has an amazing testimony and she isn't afraid to share it. I miss serving with her.

I will miss waking up to the girls playing in the backyard! They have amazing imaginations and played so well together. I will miss hearing "Hi Sister Barnes" when I walk out back! I will miss having the girls feed our turtles while we are away. I will miss their cute puppies. I will miss our carpools. I will miss her bringing my garbage can up for me. I will miss jogging with her. I will miss borrowing their pressure washer to clean out my pool filters : ) I miss the girls singing at church. I will miss Dave being Mitchell's seminary teacher and he was Tanners 11 year old scout leader. I miss lunches at Bajio and Cafe Rio. I will miss her watching out for our neighbor Dee. I need to step up and take care of her now. There are so many things! They never complained about noisy teenagers in our pool late at night! I could go on and on... I know they aren't far away, but I will miss the little things that only happen when friends live next door. Thanks for being such great neighbors!