Six days of blessing

Tonight ends the 6th night of putting the kids to bed by myself. John has been out of town since Thursday and he gets back tonight or rather tomorrow at 1am in the morning. Actually, as I wright this post he is on the plane flying home. I am ready for him to be here. This stretch of not having him here has not been as difficult as some of the times he has been away in the past. My community of friends have been amazing. I have only eaten dinner at my house twice since he has been gone and one of those times was a frozen lasagna that was given to me by a friend. I feel so blessed to have such good friends around me that take care of me when my husband is gone and most important keep me company. At the end of a long day or even in the middle it is nice to talk to someone older than 3! I am just hoping that when their husbands leave town I will remember to return the favor!

Friends for Dinner

We had our friends Brooke and Aaron over for dinner last night. They have a little boy named Nathan. Kayleigh and Nathan play really well together. Nathan has a birthday coming up soon. For his birthday they are going to ride a real train. Ever since Brooke gave me the invitation Kayleigh has said everyday that she is going to ride the train with Nathan. She is so excited! Since his party is several weeks away I told her one day that we were not going to ride it today. Her reply was "tomorrow". Luckily, she doesn't have any concept of when tomorrow will come. Below they are watching the movie "Cars". Kayleigh really likes that movie and she wanted to share it with Nathan. You can see they were glued to the t.v.

Pals

Julianna and Kayleigh are pretty much best buds. Whenever they get the chance they like to hang out and play. Chase is a favorite game of theirs with added screaming. We were in the hotel lobby one evening waiting to go out and they decided to play in the middle of the downstairs lobby area. A friend of our took these pictures for us and sent them to me. Enjoy!