Fun with Friends!

Hands down, the hardest part of leaving New Jersey was saying goodbye to all of the friends we had made. It was hard leaving knowing that some of them we wouldn't see again, some we would have to keep up with through cyberspace, and a few we would get to see every once in awhile. We left behind some really great friends.

One of my fears about moving to this new town 9 months ago was that we wouldn't make friends easily and that the kids and I wouldn't feel apart of "things". Well, God knew what he was doing because we have found a really great group of friends that have made us fell welcomed and loved. Our NJ friends are not replaced...but we have added new friendships to our lives. For that I am grateful!

Anyway, on to what you really want to see...pictures of our fun weekend with friends! Since we are all healthy we decided that Friday night would be a good night for Kennan's birthday dinner. The original plan was to stay in town and go to Braums so we could have ice cream afterwards! After some discussion, we decided it would be fun to head into the "big town" about an hour away and hit up Chuck E Cheese instead. Of course the kids were game, so we joined some of our great friends (they have 3 boys) for a trip to town. Kennan had asked if they could come with us and their mom and dad were game, so off we went!

I always give parents ugly looks when I see them allowing their children to do this. I wasn't in charge when this was happening, so I walked up and promptly told Kenny that Brayden had to stop (after I took the picture of course!).

Kenny and Kennan riding on the rollercoaster ride.
Kennan and his friends Jackson and Mason (Mason was much more interested in watching Chuck and his friends!)

Brayden was obsessed with the "money". She had her hands on the cup the entire time and enjoying pouring the money from one cup to another. I thought this picture turned out funny...it's like she is keeping an eye out for sometime trying to take the money from her!

Saturday was beautiful, so we decided to grill out and invited over the same family from Chuck E Cheese and another great family with 3 little boys (You might remember them from this photo shoot.) If you are counting, that is 7 boys and Brayden... The weather was perfect, the food was yummy, and we all had a great time!

Kennan's silly face and Mason busy eating.

Good thing Pops made a big sandbox!!

Brayden enjoying a cheesecake parfait thing that I made...

Can you tell that Brayden really enjoyed all of the food?

We had a fabulous weekend are excited about the Spring weather! It made me think of all the wonderful cookouts with friends at CRW. And then it made me miss our NJ friends. And then it made me miss all of Kennan's sweet friends and wondering how much they have changed. Okay...that settles it. We all need to get together!