Special mid-week visit

We had special visitors last night! Our friends Jon & Holly made a pit stop at our house as they worked their way back up the East Coast home from vacation. It was SO much fun to have them here. Eli & Jack are just a year apart and LOVED playing together. They were the big boys and were two peas in a pod. Cole & Casey are just a few months apart and had fun together as well. Everyone had fun riding bikes before dinner and then we had a nice cookout. We had planned a bike ride to the lake but Mother Nature had another plan - a summer evening thunderstorm. Instead we hung out at the house and all the kids played together. We had a great dress-up dance party. It was total chaos but it was wonderful chaos! Such a joy to have our friends here and our boys being friends with their kids. 

This morning, we made up for our bike ride. ALL of us rode down to the lake to feed the ducks. The big boys and I went completely around the lake (Cole was on the trail-a-bike with me) and we met everyone else back at the ducks. We fed them for a while and then headed back home. Once we got home, we had a MARVELOUS family breakfast. Oh, my heart was so happy. All eight of us were at our dining room table for pancakes, eggs and fruit. I had to then head out to work but Tim & the boys got to spend a little more time with them before they left. 

Such a wonderful treat in the middle of the week. We're looking forward to (hopefully) getting together for a family camping adventure next summer. It's so great that the kids are old enough to remember each other (they HAVE been together when they were much younger) and that they have common interest. And as Holly said, it was our dream come true - for our families to spend time together, enjoy being together and BIKE together! Love it and we love their family!!

Jack and Eli - silly boys

Cole and Casey during our dress up dance party

Jack and Casey - have you ever seen anyone rock a safety vest and snake around her neck like Casey?

Holly and her sweet little Casey

Post-storm lightning bug hunt

It was serious business - they caught a lot of them and were not happy when we made them let them go.

Eli and Jack had their own sleepover - they did so great and slept all night!

Headed to the lake - Holly and the big boys

Feeding the ducks

Jon and Tim - the Daddies hanging out

Silly kiddos caught on camera!

Both families - fun times, the start of many memories!