Robert made plans with our Hungarian friends to visit them at their new apartment and spend the day swimming with them. Melinda was excited to get the chance to visit with people from Hungary...sort of a little piece of home.
We left home and made the drive to their new place. It was located within a neighborhood, which made it very quiet and cozy. Their apartment was right next to a small playground and backed up to a little pond with ducks. What a perfect location for a family with a three year old little boy!!!
Robert and his friend needed to do some work, so the ladies went out for a short visit to the local plant nursery. My friends cousin is also in town from Hungary and she is a landscape architect. We had her look at our lack-luster yard while they were here for Fourth of July and she wanted to take me to the nursery to show me some plants that would work well in our yard. We walked around and she made notes of plant names and when we got back, she drew out a picture with various plants and their names. I am so excited to implement her suggestions and see our amazing front yard.
Once the guys were done, we headed to the pool with the kids. My friend, her cousin, and Melinda stayed behind for a few minutes while the my friends baby was finishing up his lunch. The pool was great. There were two smaller 3ft pools and one larger pool that went up to 8ft deep. There was a ledge that the kids could jump off of into the deeper end. Abigail was the first to brave it and then she pulled me up there. Ally soon followed and they went round and round several times. After a little while, our friend went to pick up the pizza while Robert and I stayed in the pool with the kids. It was so nice and quiet...very relaxing and just what we needed.
We all got out to have lunch and visit. The kids got back soon after finishing, but Robert and I stayed out to visit with our friends for a little bit. We told them that we are planning a trip to Hungary in two to three years. Melinda's family have invited us to come and visit them and I'd really like to get to meet her parents and uncles. We've talked with them on Skype several times before she arrived and they were all so very nice and appreciative of us having her come stay with us this summer. Hopefully we can be diligent over the next year or two about saving up little by little and make our dreams of traveling overseas come true.
We all swam for a little bit longer before we had to get out and start getting ready to head back to Forney. We said our goodbyes and off we went. When we arrived in Forney, we stopped at a local restaurant called Appleby's for lunch. My friend and Abigail's first grade teachers' husband is the manager there. We got to say hello and he was very happy to meet Melinda. After dinner, we came home and everyone got cleaned up and ready for bed. School will be starting very soon and I start back to work on Friday...we won't have Melinda with us for too much longer! ;0(
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