Do any of you sometimes get so overwhelmed by love and thankfulness for something that it almost makes you cry? I get like that when I am thinking about my husband, my kids or our families. And I do it a lot when I am thinking about our friends! The Lord has so graciously given us the most amazing friends two people could ever ask for. When Chris and I pray we ALWAYS thank the Lord for our friends and what blessings they are in our lives. What a treasure to have the like-minded friendships we have. Whether it is new friends, old friends, friends we see all the time or friends that we don't get to see as much, we cherish each of you the same and are so grateful for you all! I wish I had pictures of all of you to put on here and please don't think because your picture may not be here that we love you any less. But here are a few of our most treasured friends! We love you all!
Friends Forever! I adore you two! Words cannot describe the love I have for you girls!
My dear friend Kate Otto celebrated her birthday in California and we all went to the beach. What joy to spend time with old friends. It is a weekend to remember forever!
Two of my dearest friends from high school. Lara (left) I met in high school and everyone called us the "Twin Towers" because she is 6 feet as well. And Tiffany (middle) and I have been friends since 6th grade. What a joy to have both these girls in my life still!
A group of us got together to watch Gabe at the Olympic trials. We are attempting to have goggles. I am not as flexible as I once was. :) But it was so fun to get together with friends to support another friend during an exciting time in his life!
Some of my dearest friends from Legacy! Nancy Um, Melinda Cassol and Jodi Mackey! I love you girls and miss seeing your sweet faces everyday!
We all know who this is Sean and Sara Parsons! What a joy it was to see them and catch up. Chris and Sean talked forever and we both walked away wishing Sara and Sean lived closer so we could see them more often!
I love these girls, we tend to celebrate all our birthdays together and get to see all of these girls relatively often. What a blessing it is to have friends that have children around the same age as your own.
This is Doug Bierman, Chris's oldest friend from Idaho. Doug was the best man in our wedding and he is gem of a guy. We just absolutely love him and his family.
Erin and I when we went to New York to see Grease! How cool is it that we got to go to the Big Apple together! What a joyous and memorable time that was! I will never forget it!!
Chris's dearest friends, Kurt and Joey. It is pure entertainment and pure joy to watch these three hang out. They will make you laugh till you cry!
The girls and I when we went to Palm Springs together! It was so nice to go without the kids. Erin and I got pregnant with Drake and Cooper about a month after this trip and Becky got pregnant about three months later with Katie Jo!
Oh how I miss these times together. Now with children and the Penberthy's moving to Indiana these times are few and far between but we are all wanting to plan a trip to Hawaii. Let's hope that we can do in the next few years!! :)
My baseball girlfriends, Abby, Alicia and Corinn! How fun it is to spend time with these dear friends!
AWWW, the baseball boys. Andy, Aaron, Luke, Chris, Mike and Kurt. I love the alumni games when they all get together! It is like college all over again!
Every year a group of us celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas together. The group started super small, then got bigger and now is getting smaller again with everyone moving. But it is always a sweet time with dear friends! The boy shot!
The girl shot!
We love all of you and wish we could have a picture of all of you! Thank the Lord for friends!
Kinsley has grown up so much in the last few months. She will be three in June and she really is such a sweet spirited little girl. She is so helpful to me, whether it is with Cooper, cooking, folding, pretty much just about everything she wants to help with. She has turned into such a little mommy. She is constantly carrying "Holly" (her doll) around, sshhing her, burping her, feeding her (yes, even trying to breastfeed), pushing her in her stroller, sitting her in high chair, putting her to sleep. I have even been kicked out of room because she is trying to put Holly to sleep. She is just hilarious. The things that come out of her mouth are priceless. The other day at my parents house we told Kinsley that we were going to hunt for eggs, and she looks at my dad and says "How fun is that, Boppy?". Just little things like that make us laugh so hard. She is such a lover and such an affectionate child. I hope that she never stops being affectionate. As wonderful as she is, she is super strong willed. The other day she screamed "no" at me 7 times in a row, and she has her fair share of tantrums with kicking and screaming. There are days when I feel like I am failing as a mom because the work that I put into disciplining seems to not be working. But I know the Lord is faithful and I know that I will see the fruits of my labor someday. Oh how I pray for both her and Cooper's heart to be softened and come to have a personal relationship with Christ. I know that is every Christian parents prayer as well. But I adore this sweet girl and I try to soak up all the hugs and "I love you's" because I know she will grow up before I am ready for her to.
My little man!! Cooper is 11 months and growing up way too fast!! He is probably the most active child, he is walking everywhere, actually almost running. He started walking at 8 months and hasn't slowed down since. He pushes his trucks all over the house and all outside. He is clapping, and just started to wave "bye bye", and when he does it he says "hi". It is super cute if I do say so myself. He loves to dance and play with his sister. I love watching them play together. He just follows her around like a lost puppy dog sometimes. No one can make him laugh more than Kinsley. He is has 13 teeth and is cutting his fourth molar. Needless to say this boy whines quite a bit because he has been teething for so long! :) He is going to be strong willed like his sister. I have already seen the temper tantrums. Boy am I in trouble! But like Kinsley, he is so affectionate and loves to run up to Chris and I and give us huge hugs and then go back to what he was doing. I have blessed beyond what I deserve with these kiddos and I pray that I never take a day for granted!
I also wanted to put in some pictures of Jamie's house. She is so gifted with interior design. I have been telling her that for years. She has a little guest house and look at how cute it all is. I am amazed at her way to take simple things and put them together and make them look beautiful. It is a true gift to be able to do that (one that I do NOT possess :)) I hoping that she will continue to pursue looking into interior design because it is a gift. And you know what the best part is? She gets most of her stuff from Ross and Marshalls, so it is all cheap. How great is that? She would never post pictures of her house so I thought I would brag for her! :)
Friends Forever! I adore you two! Words cannot describe the love I have for you girls! 
My dear friend Kate Otto celebrated her birthday in California and we all went to the beach. What joy to spend time with old friends. It is a weekend to remember forever!
Two of my dearest friends from high school. Lara (left) I met in high school and everyone called us the "Twin Towers" because she is 6 feet as well. And Tiffany (middle) and I have been friends since 6th grade. What a joy to have both these girls in my life still!
A group of us got together to watch Gabe at the Olympic trials. We are attempting to have goggles. I am not as flexible as I once was. :) But it was so fun to get together with friends to support another friend during an exciting time in his life!
Some of my dearest friends from Legacy! Nancy Um, Melinda Cassol and Jodi Mackey! I love you girls and miss seeing your sweet faces everyday!
We all know who this is Sean and Sara Parsons! What a joy it was to see them and catch up. Chris and Sean talked forever and we both walked away wishing Sara and Sean lived closer so we could see them more often!
I love these girls, we tend to celebrate all our birthdays together and get to see all of these girls relatively often. What a blessing it is to have friends that have children around the same age as your own. 
This is Doug Bierman, Chris's oldest friend from Idaho. Doug was the best man in our wedding and he is gem of a guy. We just absolutely love him and his family.
Erin and I when we went to New York to see Grease! How cool is it that we got to go to the Big Apple together! What a joyous and memorable time that was! I will never forget it!!
Chris's dearest friends, Kurt and Joey. It is pure entertainment and pure joy to watch these three hang out. They will make you laugh till you cry!
Oh how I miss these times together. Now with children and the Penberthy's moving to Indiana these times are few and far between but we are all wanting to plan a trip to Hawaii. Let's hope that we can do in the next few years!! :)
My baseball girlfriends, Abby, Alicia and Corinn! How fun it is to spend time with these dear friends!
AWWW, the baseball boys. Andy, Aaron, Luke, Chris, Mike and Kurt. I love the alumni games when they all get together! It is like college all over again!
Every year a group of us celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas together. The group started super small, then got bigger and now is getting smaller again with everyone moving. But it is always a sweet time with dear friends! The boy shot!
