What a Thursday!!

On Thursday we went over to Julia's house... we had so much fun! I got to visit with my good friends Julia and Lily (she's from Covanent Fellowship) and our babies got to all play together. Grace, Caleb, and Mackenzie were all born within three weeks of each other and it is so much fun to get together. We're all new at this mom thing and we all have babies about the same age... God is so kind to give us this time to spend together! We are so grateful for our husbands who work so hard so we can stay home with our babies and have fun days like this one! This was really comical... watching them "play" together in the playpen... it required constant supervision, but I was no help cuz I kept taking pictures even when they were taking each other out....
Lily took this picture of me and Mackenzie outside the icecream store!
Julia treated us to ice cream... and we treated our babies... look at Grace's face, I don't know, do you think she wants some??
I LOVE this picture... yummmmm.........
Look at those chocolate lips!
What a fine day for some swinging... her little feet were so excited!
Notice the spread toes... she didn't stop kicking her feet once!
She passed out on the way home....
So did Gracie... Caleb was the only one going strong, he never gave in to nap time in a stroller!
My two encouraging friends, Lily and Julia, and our quad-annual (is that a word?? What do you say when you want to say four times a year?) get together... last time we were together our babies were all 4 months old... so much has happened in less than 3 months! When we get together this summer we'll probably have some crawlers... hopefully.... I think....

These girls are so encouraging to me. We're all in the same season and there is something so refreshing about getting together with other women who are going through the same joys and challenges as I am. No one is as joyful as my friend Julia (ok, besides my mom, but that's a given) and I am always so blessed when I get to hang out with her! She is so good at pointing me to the Lord and her house abounds with Bible verses stuck on everything and amazing art work that she and her husband have created! Lily is such an encourager and speaks with so much wisdom... she's also one of my go-to girls for natural health stuff too... she has a real passion for it and I can learn so much from her! I am so grateful God brought these two encouragers into my life and I am so excited to walk this road with them.