Sledding, and a whole lot more

Last week before Christmas we were able to snatch some precious time with the Stevensons. We see these dear friends so rarely... whatever time we can spend together is a gift. Rebecca is the wordsmith among us, so if you'd like to read her description of our eight hours together, click here. For my part, I'll say that it was so great to do again what we always do when we're together... play, eat, and talk~ about jobs and kids and parenting and movies and God... and everything else we can squeeze into our too infrequent visits.

The playing this visit took the form of a sledding venture that was enjoyed by us all!








Our crew together... how did we end up with all these big kids? We're just four college friends who laughed and talked into the night and dreamed of what it would be like to grow up some day... look what happened!
We love you, friends.

Excess Fun

If you happen to be a regular reader of my dear friend Rebecca's blog (As In a Mirror, see my sidebar for a live link), then you have probably already seen pictures quite similar to these. We spent a wonderful day with these dear friends last Saturday, on our drive back from our vacation. We packed a lot into a short time, as Rebecca details in her posts about our day together. One of the activities the girls enjoyed was this one pictured... putting as many hair clips and bows into their hair as they possibly could. I had suggested it, but thought nothing more of it until they appeared, heavily adorned, about 20 minutes later. Gwen was napping while this was going on, but once Emma Grace and Madelyn were heavy with clips, they couldn't wait to wake her up and show her! Emma Grace then removed all the clips from her hair and put them into Gwen's! Great photo op, as you can see!