Our Dear Friend MA

Mary-Alice Butler is an old friend of my family's. Mary-Alice and my mom served in the Stake Young Women's back in the Bothell Stake in Seattle. Mary-Alice hadn't even met my mom when she asked the Stake Pres. if my mom would serve with her. Talk about inspiration! My mom got the call the first month we moved to Seattle!

The Butler's have 6 children and a few of them are the same age as me and my sibs. We had some good times with them holding Family Home Evening and Labor Day BBQ's. They also had an adorable boxer named Lucy. We thought Apache and Lucy were boyfriend/girlfriend. It was cute. Unfortunately they too had to put down Lucy a month ago. But, we are praying that those two dogs found each other in the Spirit World :-). MA and her family moved to Chicago about 4 years ago! Lame! But the weird coincidence is that Ryan's dad and Ray Butler work for the same company! And, since Ryan's family is moving to Chicago, they are going to try to get together. Small world! Mary-Alice and her sisters/sisters-in-laws were having a girls week and they were staying just about 20 minutes north of us in a beautiful house on Lake Norman. I was so happy MA met Ryan. We're going to try to see the Butler's when we visit Ryan's fam in Chicago. Here are some pics!