We love having visitors! We especially love visitors that are old friends who just fall comfortably back into our lives. We pick up where we left off and have such a great time.
The M family came to visit last weekend. They shared a duplex with us when we were attending graduate school at Purdue, and now live way, way too far away! We played games and laughed and reminisced about all of the old times when the kids were little and spent hours together. We remembered when we used to trade babysitting and nights when we would just pile all of the kids into the same room for a big sleepover (obviously we can't do that anymore!) when there were long temple dates, or when new babies were born.
We visit them every few years on our drive to Utah, and it seems their kids grow at least 12 inches between each visit. This time was no exception--although looking at the pictures, I suppose our girls have grown just as much. (Sigh.) It's hard to believe it was more than ten years ago that they were all little ones. They always thought they were cousins, and they really almost are. We love them like family and wish they could come visit more often!
Wish you guys were in town for the little family reunion tomorrow. Hope to see you soon.
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ReplyDeleteIt's fun to see all the photographs. I wish we could have been there. How come our children keep getting taller, older, etc., but we just stay the same? Ha Ha!! April really does look the same to me though. Maybe I am the only one experiencing the 40 year old falling apart syndrome. We miss all of you. Sorry I do not comment very often, but I love reading your blog!!