Friends...

I love these kids! Yesterday we were blessed with their company for the afternoon. Although it was due to sad circumstances (the death of their great-grandmother) we had such an enjoyable time with them. These kids have grown up together and are more like brothers and sisters than you can imagine. From the time Lawson was 3 months old, he stayed with my good friend Becky during the afternoons. Jagger followed a couple of short years later. They are all about the same age so they quite literally have known each other since birth.

We had a big afternoon that included one hot baseball game (I think the temperature was around 96 yesterday afternoon), popcorn, movie, a concert, and even pretend swimming since we have no real pool.

I'm attaching some of the pictures from the afternoon. My kids so enjoyed them being there. We had a house full of entertainment and giggles. What a sweet sound!
Some of our musical entertainment.

Who wouldn't pay money to see these precious faces in concert?

They were pretending to be asleep the whole five minutes they "rested" in the chair.

Laura Beth wanted to take their picture herself with the PowerRanger camera. I thought she might later like to have a backup. :)

They all played really well together today. As I said earlier they are so much like brothers and sisters that along with that sometimes comes some arguing, but not today. And, as a side note, I was informed last night at church by Laura Beth that she and Lawson were getting married. Someone asked them if they were a little young for that and she said very confidently, "Well, I'm six and Lawson is ALMOST five!" Guess that's old enough! :)

We are thankful for good friends for our kids to grow up around. We are also very thankful for their parents who just happen to be great friends of ours as well. Please keep the Whittle, Willis, Welch, and McKnight families in your prayers as they deal with the loss of a very special lady in their lives.