Amigos

So, I've been trying to blog for days and the "forces" havn't aligned in my favor (read: someone has been hungry, tired, or too cute to ignore) so I think the "forces" have aligned for about 11 minutes or so if I play my cards right! Here are some pictures from our visit with our friends the Nelsons who moved to California (sniff, sniff) but came back for visit (yay!!)

Alaina and Abbie are great friends and they hugged as soon as Alaina burst through the front door. They ran off to wreak havoc and destruction upon the apartment immediately - just like old times! It was precious to see that two-year old don't forget their dear old friends. We had so much fun with our visit...we look forward to the next one!! The whole gang - where? At the park of course - our usual hang-out....now if they could just put a small bar that serves appetizers and beer under the big twirly slide we would be set :-) Then the parents would last as long as the toddlers at the park.

Reading buddies

All four of the kiddos - little Rowen wanted a turn to hold Isabel...oh - and the pacifiers in the toddler's mouths? For some reason this was, and it seems still is, one of Abbie and Lainey's favorite little games with each other - they think it's hilarious to suck on pacifiers while they play...

Ah yes, side-by-side swinging (and therefore side-by-side squealing while swinging) ...the mark of a true friend :-)

OH, and this picture wasn't part of the Nelson Visit Weekend, but I wanted to post a touching picture of our good buddy Dave holding little Isabel, as we were so lucky to have a visit from him around the same time!