Recent family visits

I haven't been able to post much lately, so I'll fill you in on 2 recent visits we had with family. First, right before we went to Chicago, Aunt Amy came to visit from Arkansas! It was a really quick trip for her to attend Raleigh's going-away bash at Central, but we still enjoyed seeing her! I didn't manage to get many pictures during her visit, but here's one of a portion of our old Central youth group. The picture shows 6 of us that actually were in the youth group (me, Amy, Kelli, Daniel, Laura, and Bryan), but after we added in husbands and kids, I think we ended up with more than were actually in the youth group altogether! We really enjoyed catching up with old friends and watching the kids play together.



Then, last weekend, Elizabeth, Gran, and I took a spur of the moment trip to Atlanta. We went to attend the funeral of a dear friend and mentor from Camp Crestridge - Judye Mac. And, of course, we also got the added benefit of seeing Erin, Brad and Brooke while we were there. It was a lot of fun watching the girls play together! They had a lot of fun swinging outside (during which they had laughing contests to see who could be the "silliest") and playing with Brooke's toys (of course, in between the obligatory 2-year-old power struggles).







And, we even got to go to the zoo on Sunday to see the animals and ride Brooke's "baby choo-choo"!







While we were gone, Daddy worked on building a swingset for Elizabeth. He's finishing it up this weekend, so we'll post pictures of that soon!