Awesome Labor Day Weekend

This weekend our family got away to my home town. It was so fun. Four families got together. I have been friends with these ladies (Katie, Alisha, and Jenny) since I was 13 years old. We went to Church together. In our young adult years we ended up living spread out all over the country, but recently we all ended up back in Virginia . I think we are lucky to have been able to keep in touch and maintain a friendship despite the miles and time between us. Jenny posted about it and some of our old adventures here. She even included some fun old adolescent pictures of us. :) (Really, Jen, is that how I used to dress?)

Katie was our wonderful host. Her awesome parents went out of town for the weekend and they let us use their beautiful and spacious home for out get together. We had tons of delicious food to eat. Katie had planned activities for the kids. My two girls had SO much fun! They loved water play and sidewalk chalk drawing. They were scared of the tractor rides but their Daddy enjoyed taking the tractor for a drive. I was a little apprehensive about how my kids would behave sleeping in a strange place, but they did great. They had so much fun and they still k me if they can go back to Katie's house. Eliza loved Alisha's older boys. That little one always loves the big boys. Katie's four year old, Ada, took great care of Sadie and always showed her around and included her in fun things to do. They loved it. David and I loved the conversation and the great company.

Sadly, I didn't think to take pictures of us when we had some natural light. This picture turned out awful but I am posting it anyway. Here we are: (from left to right) Jenny, Katie, Me, and Alisha. The babies are Jenny's twins, Madeline and Issac. Here we are with our offspring.
Here are pictures of the offspring enjoying water play.