Friends Galore!

Today we hosted about 15 friends from the Twin Cities area! It was such a blast! This is a special group of friends who really act more like family when they are together. Everyone (except a few of the spouses - me included) went to University here in Eau Claire and were Young Life leaders together during that time. Its hard to believe that was about six years ago! Well, you wouldn't be able to tell that much time has passed since these folks we roommates, co-YL leaders, and classmates. We are fortunate enough to usually see the group a couple times a year, but this time we were really lucky to have everyone come to Eau Claire!

Logan and I had a busy week, so we were especially busy on Friday and Saturday morning preparing for our guests to arrive! The first guests arrived around noon and I think most everyone stayed until about 9pm. It was a great day! Logan really loved all the action and luckily napped early on Saturday so he didn't miss out on anything. He quickly made friends with everyone, showing off his skills, bossing them around, playing ball, and handing out plenty of hugs. It was so fun to see him warm up to people so quickly and easily. He was also thrilled to be joined by Kyle and Jen's 2 year old son, Caedon. Logan loved watching Caedon and copying his every move! It was so cute! I just wish we lived closer so we could have the boys together more often.

Kyle, Jen and Caedon came over early in the day to give the boys a chance to play. Caedon even brought his kids' aero-bed so he could nap. After his nap, the boys had fun running down the hall into the nursery and jumping on the bed. It was hilarious!

Here they go...

Logan likes to collapse onto his knees all the time. He runs around the house and then falls - I guess he thinks its funny because he laughs at himself all the time!

At one point I said, "Can you boys go nigh-nigh?" and this is what we got!

So cute! And so tuckered out!

Logan was so bossy...I was a little embarassed at times and started to think that I let him get away with a little too much around here. He kept making Emily lay down, then get up, then repeat. Then Logan would copy her and just giggle, giggle, giggle!

The UWEC boys and their kiddos!
Kyle with Caedon (2 years), Matt with Emery (5 months), John with Logan (18 months)

The boys kept going over and leaning up against this wall with an
"I'm-up-to-something" look on their faces!

Logan and Caedon did a great job playing together and Logan really did a great job sharing. He would often bring toys over to Caedon to give him. I was proud of Logan for being such a good boy all day with all the commotion!

Thanks to all our friends who made the trip! We don't often get visitors and we just loved hosting everyone! You are special to us and we can't wait to see you all again soon!