Phillip, Amelia and Charlotte visit!

Our good friends Phillip, Amelia, and Charlotte came from Ohio this weekend to stay with us overnight. It was a very good time. We had lunch with some other friends who just moved back to Goshen, then spent the afternoon playing outside.

The younger "twins" (born 4 days and one state line apart) seemed to get along rather well. They both eventually took decent naps.


Farmer Tad was a big hit with the littles.

Snack was smoothie pops with MnM surprises before we started swimming and SlipnSliding.



There was some redirection from the parents (hanging out on the deck), until eventually we were happily pouring water on each other and on ourselves.


Even the bilibos got some use!



After supper, it was bath and shower time. Phillip initiated me with my first big boy shower! Then it was bedtime. The daddies sang to the little kids in Adam's room.

The big kids got to sleep together in my room! Maria read us some stories, and then we were tucked in, and we did our different night-night prayers, a song and then talking about the best and worst parts of our day. Then the grown-ups left, and it took a few check-ins before we were all asleep, although we were very tired out. Once when Mommy checked in, Amelia said, "Theo's entertaining us." In the morning we played just a bit before going to church, but then it was sad to come home from church to an empty house (but with lots of clean dishes--thanks, guys!). We can't wait until the next reunion.