june rewind #1: a visit from friends!

my goal is to recap june before july ends! :) we'll see if i can do it!!


eric and kristi and kids came down the first week in june for a wedding, to see old friends, and to make a surprise visit to our youth choir's homecoming concert. (eric led the choir's summer tour when they lived here.) this was a wonderful bonus to the time we spent with them at the beach a couple weeks earlier. i was so glad we had all that time with them earlier, though, because when they are here, there are so many people who want to see them... so their visits are busy to say the least! but we squeezed in as many little hang-out times as we could. kristi was busy holding a baby in, and i was busy holding food down, so neither of us took very many pictures. i also rested in the fact that we'd just taken over 1200 pictures when we were together in may, so i gave the camera a break this go around!

we spent time at kj's with wonderful friends, as well as at kristie's, both where the kids stayed wet while we moms chatted away. we took the boys to get their haircut (steven's first non-home haircut!), and the kids played together at our house with my mom (thanks mom!!) while the adults went to a beautiful wedding. brian's parents graciously opened up their home to eric & kristi, so we spent a lot of time hanging out at nana & pappy's as well. (lydia & steven called glenda "mrs. nana"- it was so sweet!) it seems like we did more than that, but i was in a nauseous fog, so i am doing good to remember that much. :)

here are a few pictures from our days together...

these ladies are dear friends of mine and were also
special mommy friends to kristi when she lived here.
all of the kids of the moms above! (except ethan who would not get
NEAR the giant vortex water slide! but notice who is at the front of the line!!!)
the kids watching as ethan gets his haircut...
he LOVES going to see mrs. renee and sitting in the red car!
awww, sweet friends! this is right after the boys' haircuts
boat watchin' after dinner one night

it was a real blessing to see them again so soon after we'd just said goodbye. i'm smiling as i write this because now it is just a few more weeks before i get on a plane to go see them again! just me! to go see that sweet baby and play "auntie em" for a few days. i can't wait!

more june fun to come!