We've decided that this will become an annual event. I think Jen and I had as much fun (or more) than the kids did. Baking all those cookies didn't seem like a chore at all with such good company to share the work. It was a wonderful day of laughs, good conversation, and lots of sugar! I made sure to bring salads for lunch to counteract all that sweet!
Nick and Jenna helping their Mom with the cutouts. I think mostly they were eating the dough!
The kids were good helpers when it was time to cut out the shapes.
Jack and Jake put together a Lego car. It's great to see their friendship. We don't see each other as often as we'd like, but when we do it's as if no time has past at all.
Isabelle is great with the little girls. Marissa and Ella Jane are both WAY into Dora! Isabelle read them a Dora book. The two little girls played so nicely together all day. Even with 8 kids running around Max, the dog, stayed near by (probably waiting for a cookie or two to drop). Ella Jane threw her arms around his neck and said, "Oh, Max, you are such a good boy". And he really is a good boy, to put up with the craziness of all the kids!
Tom has a large model train set in the basement. He took Patrick down and let him "drive the black train". Patrick was in his glory. Can you think of anything he would love more?!?! Unfortunately, I didn't get a great picture of Patrick with the train because he could not take his attention off of it to pose for a picture. When I tucked Patrick into bed at the end of the day I asked him what his favorite part of the day was and he said, "playing with Uncle Tom and his train!" AWW!
We woke up to about 5 inches of unexpected snow. The big kids headed out to play and build a big snowman. Isabelle said that he was "pathetic", but I was impressed. He was complete with celery arms and a pine cone nose.
Jack and Jake had a snowball fight!
8 kids from left to right: Jenna (5), Ella Jane (2), Jake (7), Jack (8), Isabelle (9), Nick (4), Marissa (2), and Patrick (4).
Let me tell you, this was NOT an easy picture to take. Getting 8 kids to sit still, look at a camera, and smile all at the same time... tough!
Times like this with our families together are so wonderful. Our kids are growing up together, which is really neat to watch. This friendship for all of us has been such a blessing and something we will treasure for years to come. When Tom, Jen, Kevin and I became friends none of us were married. Now look at us.... 12 1/2 years and 8 kids later!
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Man, have you been a busy girl and them posting it all too?!
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