Winter Visitors

It's always fun when we have friends come into town. Our kids love playing with their long lost friends. My dear, sweet, amazing friend Melissa (who devastated our house when their family moved a year and a half ago, I might add... :)) came down in March with her kids. She had a wedding reception in Las Vegas for her brother she needed to go to, so we were lucky enough to get her girls for the night. It was so much fun! Kinzlee and Alexa always seem to pick up right where they left off the last time they saw each other. They were destined to be friends, I believe. I've told Melissa before that if Kinzlee ever needs a place to live, she can live with us. :) And the twins have grown so much since they moved! They are two weeks younger than Leah and they all played so well together. It was just a blast having them here- we loved every minute of it!
When you put my three girls and Melissa's three girls together, it makes a whole mess of girls, huh??

We also had visits from the Spencers and the Blakes this winter... on the same weekend, which was so much fun! It is such a stark contrast from having the Garns come visit because there are only boys from both families! My girls are a little outnumbered in these pictures. I was impressed that my girls held their own, though. Benjamin and Callie are in the picture above. They share the same birthday, just three years apart. And, Callie has a little bit of a crush on Benjamin. She gets so excited and nervous and giggly when I tell her they are coming to visit. She is such a girl!

We also got to watch the Spencer boys while John and Rach went to a wedding on Saturday. It must be the difference between boys and girls or something, but I can honestly say we had the most pleasant day. There were no fights, no tattling, no crying, no nothing. Everyone had a great time and I was truly sad to see them leave. They all entertained each other so well!

This is the whole group. Alexa missed most of the evening because of a birthday party... I somehow think that was best. She gets a little weird around people she hasn't seen in awhile. It must be nerves or something, but in typical Alexa fashion, she plays it off as being "too cool" for anyone or anything. From left to right by family: Callie, Leah, Quinten, and Alexa Hench; Alex, Christian, Evan, and Benjamin Spencer; Travis, David, and Ryan Blake.

And this is how we entertained a houseful of boys in our world that is made up of girl things: the Wii. :)

We had such a great visit. It was fun getting together to catch up. I love that we had such great relationships with our friends in college that seven+ years later we can still get together and have a great time. It would have been a blast to have a bunch more there- Stinchfields, Stewarts, Butterfields, Allreds, and Brinkerhoffs, we missed you!