Fun with Friends!

Last weekend some of our sweet friends from Colorado came to visit! Joel was coming for his job and they decided to bring their whole family early to get some time to visit and catch up! We were thrilled! Joel and Mindi used to live here and go to our church. In fact, the first time we met them was our first time visiting our sunday school class. They introduced themselves and invited us out for lunch after church. Sadly to say that doesn't happen often on a first visit to a church. We felt so welcomed by them and had a great time over lunch. We have been so encouraged by their love for the Lord and for others!

The night they arrived we had several of their (and our) other friends in town over for pizza! That equals 11 adults and 12 kiddos!! So much fun! The kids had a blast!!


Joel and Mindi have a daughter, Lucy, who is about 2 months older than Ava and a son, Noah, who is about 1 week older than Cooper! The last time we saw them Lucy and Ava were just 1 and Mindi and I were pregnant with the boys! It was so fun to see them hit it off as if no time had passed since seeing each other years ago.

The girls had a blast playing with their babies and of course bossing their younger brothers around:) We went to the children's museum a couple of times which was a big hit for everyone!



After just a great time connecting with one another and seeing our kids play together I'm wondering when we can plan a trip to Colorado to visit them???? Hmmm...I'll work on that:)