Allen, Craig (holding Claire - who's dress, by the way, was hand made by Rachel's mom), Robert and Brent
Happy Addie
Ben was posing for me.
The kids ran around on the lawn while we got everyone organized for family photos. Here's Lexi chasing Dani.
The girls loved Aunt Laura. Lexi literally sat on Laura's (disappearing - thanks to being 7 months pregnant) lap for the entire church meeting.
Nolan, Dani, Hannah, Lexi and Ben
Trying to get this picture taken was like pulling teeth. The kids were squirmy and fussy. This is the best one we got.
Addie's expression sums up the tail end of our trip pretty well. I think they spent about 3-4 hours that day in a car seat topped off by 2 hours on a completely full flight. Put it all together and you get screaming kids and sweaty parents.
But, the trip as a whole was pretty dang fun. We created lots of good memories while we were there. All of the kids grow and change so quickly that seeing them once or twice a year seems like hardly enough to keep up with them. Everyone makes pretty big efforts to accommodate us and welcome our kids, too, and we appreciate every effort to make our trip more fun. We miss every one a ton when we're away and do look forward to going back.
2 comments:
I couldn't help but smile when I saw that Ashkon has the exact same shirt as Ben!
We were so glad you came out too! I love that picture of Addie smiling and the one of Lexi chasing Dani. Can you email them to me? I just have to have them.
I loved spending time with your girls and I got a little sad at church thinking it could be that way all the time if we were closer. We loved having you here and can't wait to get together again! (Oh ya. With one more kid. Ai ya Ai)
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