Friends!

Two weekends in a row, we were blessed to spend time with good friends. The first weekend, Bryan's best friend, Kendall Helgren, his wife Joy, and their three children came to stay with us. What an incredible reunion we had! It had been many years since we had seen them, as they have been serving in Africa for 3 1/2 years. The kids got along excellently, and we enjoyed staying up late, playing games, and listening to their amazing stories. We are thankful for their friendship and hope to see them again before they leave!

Lily-6, Mary-Kate-2, Kaden-4, Easton-4, Lauren-2

Trying out their new hats and flowers.

MK was not liking the sirens at the parade.

It was the Helgren kid's first parade.

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Eating lunch together.

The Helgren's and Abernathy's

One of the sweetest families!

Dog Pile!!!

Fun in the leaves.

Ready to throw...

Weee!

Spittin' Images of their Daddies.

Joy!!!

Lauren and Bryan.

The next weekend we went to Del Rio to spend some time with our good friends Ryan and Annette Pool and their four precious children. What a fun time we had catching up and seeing their beautiful house and animals. We really enjoyed seeing how they go about life at their house. So much excitement for sure! Annette has always been an encouragement to me and our time together is precious. I'm thankful we could spend some time with this wonderful family too! We stayed busy with super fun things...

Kaden holding his first chicken.

MK was content to watch from afar.

Sarah, Kaden, Benjamin, and Maya

Playing hide-n-seek with the dogs.

Jumping around!

Love this picture. It totally cracks me up!! And yes, Kade was just fine.

MK swinging with Boden.

Playing knights.

Making sand ornaments.