We Heart Visitors!

We have been so blessed to have friends come to visit two weeks in a row! Both sets of friends are some of our WIU/CSC friends. What awesome people God put in our lives while we were in college. The thought that these are life-long friends makes my heart smile! It's so awesome that we are still in touch and get to see each other a few times a year.

A few weekends ago, the Windham's ended their mini-vacation with a couple days at our house Friday, we headed off early to the zoo to beat the heat. We had a great time! One of the highlights was seeing the stingray exhibit. It is very hands-on and really cool! Even Hannah was able to reach in and got a chance to feel the stingrays. We got around most of the zoo before lunch, ate a picnic lunch and finished the last section before the real heat set in. Here is a picture of Luke, Sarah, Whit & Hannah at Caribbean Cove and the stingrays!After the zoo and a much needed naptime, we grilled out, and had a fun evening hanging out and visiting. What fabulous friends the Windham's are to us! We were so glad to have them in Mascoutah for a few days!

The end of this past week brought another set of visitors. Kristina came down with her kids for a night. We started the visit with a short naptime then headed to the pool for an hour or so of water fun. All four kids seemed to have a blast swimming! We came back to homeade pizza ready to eat. The kiddos got baths, headed off to sleepy land and the grown-ups got a chance to visit and catch up. We all headed our seperate ways the next day. Even though it was a short trip, it so refreshing to have Kristina here for a night! Before we all left, we tried to get a picture of the kids (minus Macey who was sleeping). Here is one of the better shots.Sadie was so good during the picture session! She just kept smiling so we could focus on getting Hannah and Kinnick to smile...or at least look our way. After we got the kids, we tried to get a couple with the mom's and kids. We didn't look at any of the pictures right away, so later in the car I started flipping through and came across this photo...

I thought it was hiliarious! I think this shot truly captures the current state of our lives! Hey - at least the mommy's are looking great! :-)

We are so glad that we had the opportunity to visit with some of our college friends over the summer! We are already trying to set up a visit to WIU this fall for a football game! We love all of you guys!!!