A Good Morning

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Friday one of my oldest friends, Kathy, brought her 4 kids to play with Camden and Rory. We sat in the living room, drank iced coffee, and caught up. Oh, and played referee to six kids. While I was feeling better, I was still quite out of energy so I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I wanted to. In fact, just a bare minimum, but the few I took are cute.

A picnic lunch
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Camden and Emily are nearly the same age, and we have quite a few pictures of the two of them together starting when they were very little. If I weren't so lazy, I'd pull a few of them up. They are both much too big for their britches these days.
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Are these three cute or what? Rory refused to say Meredith's name and just kept calling her "the 5 year old."
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And this little guy is one mischievous handful! I was able to be present for his birth 3 years ago, one of my most memorable experiences.
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I'm not quite sure how this dark shadowy picture is the only one I took of Matthew, but look at how sweet he is!
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So thankful for friends! And I am quite sure that as 19 year old roommates in college we never imagined 15 years later spending a (semi) quiet Friday morning with her four kids and my two from the other side of the world would qualify as a really good day.


Comments

Joy said…
What beautiful photos of adorable kids! Glad you were able to share the day with a close friend! : )
9:55 AM
Joyce said…
Kathy's kids are all cute as they can be! and I see a bit of Kathy in them.
10:47 AM
Nastasja said…
charming! light good images
12:21 PM
everythingismeowsome said…
Wow--I had 4 boys at my house this morning. I can't imagine 6 kids! But it is all worth it to catch up with a good friend.
1:13 PM
Kimberly Geswein said…
isn't it crazy how our concept of "fun" changes? Hope you are feeling stronger each day!
6:17 PM
Jessie said…
How neat! Lovin' your photos!
6:53 PM
Amy said…
Kathy's kids are adorable! I'm glad you got to spend the morning together and wish I could have been there too! :)
6:45 PM
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