The Vickerys are very dear friends to us.
The Vickerys are just great. Everyone should have friends like the Vickerys in their life.
(let’s see how many times I can say ‘Vickerys’ in this post)
They are entering a new season of life that is taking them to beautiful Washington state for about a year and within that time, a new exciting place after that.
Jeremy, Holly, and Cedar are no strangers to living in and out of different states or to traveling around the world. They have an abundance of fascinating stories of their experiences. One of the things we look forward to at Christmas time is the DVD Jeremy makes of the things their family has done each year.
We met them through church in the mid-200s and their son, Cedar, and my Joshie became super buds right from the get-go. These were taken in 2009.
We’ve done lots of cool things with them – like visiting Pixar when Jeremy worked there and they were kind to us and took us up for our very first time in Yosemite! We even did our 1st – I hoped it would be annual (boo) – cookie baking marathon this past Christmas. It was insane. What was the final count on how many different kinds we made??
It was sad news to hear that they would be leaving. (Don’t take local friendships for granted!) We made sure the boys got as many playdates in as possible before they left in July.
Cedar and Joshie gave each other lots of hugs on that last day. When hubby went to drive Cedar home for the last time, Joshie stood in the driveway and wouldn’t go back into the house until he could no longer see the car Cedar was in. (As a mom, I am completely BALLING inside, trying not to be weepy because I know this is hard on him, and us.) He then said “That was the last time I’ll see Cedar in California”. I remained cheery and hopeful and told him that we would look forward to the next visit.
BUT! Luckily for us, the Vickerys had a long layover at SFO in late July as they headed out for a cool New Zealand vacation. So we darted out to meet them so the boys could have an airport playdate! Best. Idea. Ever. (thank you hubby!!!)
Holly said to me that the Sioux (I think) don’t have the word ‘goodbye’ in their language. And as hubby and I flew Air Canada, the flight attendants reminded me of this. They would say it was hard for them to say goodbye, so they would just say “see you later” instead.
So. Jeremy, Holly, and Cedar — we love you and miss you lots, but no matter what, we can’t wait to see you again.
