Friends

We are so lucky to have good friends.  Many of our friends live close- from a couple minute drive to an hour or two.  We also have a few a bit farther, in Atlanta and Seattle.  Either way, we are happy to spend time and just have fun.  Shay and Alyssa have also joined in recently, and it is so neat to see our kids becoming friends (okay sometimes it may be forced friends right now, but we will still take it :)

 Shay, Alyssa, Breck and Cullen

 Shay and Breck (2.5 years), Cullen (7mo) and Alyssa (6mo)

 Patrick and Shay

Alyssa and Annika (3mo)

Alyssa and Cullen

This past week was a good example of how we have relied on and also hopefully helped friends.  Amie filled in as babysitter for Shay and Alyssa so I could attend Heidi's baby shower.   Catharine and Ryan watched the girls when Brett and I both had to work late one night.  The Bliss's used our bathroom/showers since theirs was in repair for the week (hence the nice bath picture of Shay and Patrick).  We visited the Burns family and were able to have fun and good conversation.  Angie and I figured out how to rebook our entire cruise (including excursions, table seating, etc) to the Bahamas (which was cancelled by accident) in just less than 2 hours --yeah teamwork!  Our life if full of good friendships, just the way we want it!