Girls Day Out

I was so excited getting out of bed Friday morning the 19th knowing that I would soon get to see my little Mercy friend. I introduced Mercy Calhoun on another blog I had posted about the Calhoun Family. They moved to West Virginia back in February and my little shopping buddy was gone but God was gracious enough to allow them to come up to Rockford for a quick visit. I was thrilled when I received an email from Dr. Calhoun saying they would come up on May 19th. Right away I cleared my schedule on that day and set it aside for Mercy.
They pulled into the Holiday Inn around 9:45am and it was so nice to see Mercy come running into my arms. We said goodbye to Dr. and then headed off to Woodmans. We picked up some sandwich stuff and bread and headed to the Fosters. Mercy is also good friends with Nancy and Sarah Foster. They were previous babysitters of hers. We drove to a park near their home and had a picnic lunch. After a great lunch we headed for the one place that we both love. The mall. We shopped their several hours. Got our pictures done in a fun booth. I just love those booths. Mercy and I made it a tradition to go in one of those every time we hit the mall. Sadly the day ended with me dropping her off at her friend's home to have a sleep over. I thought the fun was over then but then on Sunday Dr. Calhoun called me to meet them at the mall. I meet them at (I think) "Paint N Fun". I don't remember the exact name of the craft store. Its a place where you paint ceramics. Mercy had painted me this shirt with all of kinds of fun colors and put the word "shopper" on there. I think I need to work on how I influence people. Ha. "The Shopper" wasn't what I had in mind. Eventually the fun afternoon came to an end. I wasn't too sad seeing them go because I will be flying out to West Virginia this August to visit them. I can hardly wait!