We started getting together with this group of friends 6 years ago! Hard to believe it's been that long! Once people started graduating & moving off, we didn't want to lose touch, so we started a rotation of going to everyone's houses for New Year's. The holidays quickly got too busy, so we moved it to the summer. Even with 2 months of summer, b/t these 3 families we only had TWO weekends everyone was available! This happened to be our year to host & we had already asked the Mitchells if we could borrow the pool house & backyard for the weekend before we knew we'd be living here. It turned out to be WONDERFUL! The littlest kids could be inside taking naps, while the rest of us played in the pool, we could put them down at night & still hang out without having to be quiet. We had just outgrown our own houses! I think we've decided to keep coming back as long as the Mitchells will have us!
Everyone came to town late Thursday afternoon. David grilled hamburgers while had a chance to catch up & play in the pool.
Friday morning after breakfast we headed back out to the pool. We also used to just get together for one night - this year we made it two & we were so glad! It gave us a chance to really get to relax on Friday night & not feel like we had to stay up until 3AM (even though we still stayed up way too late!)
sweet friends! Maybe roommates someday?
It was sooo funny to watch these little mini-me's of their mommys!
(Madison Vest, Kate, & Kendall Dane)
Madison & Kate
Courtney & I were roommates in college
Kate & Madison playing in the fountains. Madison is so sweet with Kate!
Kate fell in love with Cooper - or at least saying his name. She called all little boys Cooper for awhile after this - even her cousin Connor the next weekend. She would just periodically look at me and ask "Cooper?"
Friday night we got all dressed up to head to "Big Dave's" - ha! Big Dave's is a Bar-B-Q place here in town that we had taken the Danes to before. They have a sandwich called the "hot-pucker" - beef, sausage, & jalapenos. Randy has talked about it since the last time they were here, so we definitely made the trip back.
The Whole Group
Kate, David & I (with Baby #2),
Courtney, Cooper, Trent & Madison Vest
Ashley (with Baby Girl #2 - Cooper), Kendall & Randy Dane
We sure did miss the Johnsons & Michelle - looking forward to having some of them back next year, having more babies, then the next year ALL being together! We definitely laughed less without you Michelle!
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