Our Weekend

This past weekend was a pretty busy one for us, but so well worth it. After dragging the girls around there might have been a few tears and a few grumpy faces along the way, but they had so much fun!!

The theme for Saturday was FAMILY!! We visited Gma and Gpa Tyler's house in the morning and had a great visit with them and Papa Mark and Grandma Melanie. They were in town visiting from Branson. Saturday evening we headed to my parents and the girls had a great time visiting with my aunts and uncles and cousins. I of course hardly saw Macie the entire time because she was off being entertained by her "friend" Emily. (that's what she calls her) Macie and Josie don't really have any other little ones on my side of the family because I was so much older and am the only one into the marriage/children stage of life. But, I don't think they will have any complaints. They are pretty darn spoiled and love the attention!! It's really nice spending time with family and I'm just glad that we are fortunate enough to have a close knit family and we can spend time with.

Sunday's theme was FRIENDS!! We started out the morning by visiting Troy UMC. It was fun to see the Price family who I miss so much. Tim shared a good message and Kenny shared some of his original songs for worship and the service was great! Afterwards we headed to lunch with the Jamison family. Kenlea and Macie were just a little...hmmm...outgoing!! I believe I remember Kenny asking the waitress if they had a separate room...maybe even with padded walls!! Those two girls are great friends, but boy can they cause some mischief when they want to!! They are just too darn smart and adorable which as I've said is a very, very bad combination!! After we survived the restaurant experience we headed to Aly's apartment to visit with her, Ryan and Kristin. Ryan was in town so we wanted to make a visit to say hello and Kristin has been gone for a long time and will leave again next month so it was great to see her too! And of course, we wanted to see Aly as well!! Aly and I realized this week that we've now been friends for 9 years!! That just seems like a really long time and has to make us OLD!! Thinking back to freshman year at Greenville is just crazy! I couldn't ask for a better friend! Thinking about everything we've experienced and the years of living together...well she put up with me so that either makes her crazy or a true friend!

So...basically we are just really lucky!! We have an amazing family and some great friends! I'm thankful for having all of those people in my life, but even more it's reassuring to know that our girls have people who love them like crazy!! And will continue to love them unconditionally! Isn't that what any parent would want? Just for their kids to grow up knowing they are loved? It's nice to know without a doubt that my kids will always feel that and know that.

By the way...if you are waiting for updated pictures, they will come soon!! I've ditched my camera and use my phone for most of our random pics so now that my phone is functioning again, I will get some new ones on here soon!! For now...I posted a semi-recent one of Macie swinging Josie at the park and one of Kenlea and Macie smiling after all of their mischief at the restaurant...of course their holding hads as usual!!