Sometimes your friend's friends become your friends. Pictured below are Douglas and Annalaura and their kiddos Edie & Emery. They live about 2 hours away in Fresno where my friend Linda used to live. Over the years we have gone camping with them and seen them at various occasions and they have started to become our friends too. Last weekend Linda, Tess, Rachel and I decided to spend the weekend with the Wilkins family since we were invited to a Sunday afternoon wedding in Fresno. Doug and AL love the Lord and they were such warm and genuine in their hosts. They are a beautiful family and they have a wonderful marriage with great team work and honest communication. They are thoughtful in their parenting but somehow relaxed too. Their kids are seriously adorable. Edie was constantly asking Tess those brutally honest questions that only a little kid can such as "do you speak the same language as us?" (she was curious about Tess's darker skin color) as well as commenting about little things she noticed "wow! your feet are really, really big like my grandmas." She was also quite fascinated with my nose ring and the fact that neither Linda, Tess or I had husbands. Little 6 month old Emery has the most insane hair. It is constantly sticking up in a giant wave and all the hair on the side of her head has rubbed off. Rachel was in love with Emery and Emery seemed to enjoy her too. We spent all day Saturday eating good food, sitting in the backyard enjoying the amazing weather and having wonderful conversations. I got so relaxed I even had to take a nap.
Linda and the Wilkins family
Rachie and Emery
Emery and Edie... pretty precious!
On Sunday after church and lunch we had to say goodbye to the Wilkins and head to the wedding. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding for our friend Melissa. Melissa's 93 year old grandfather goes to our church and she lived with him for about a year before she moved to Fresno. Melissa looked beautiful and her husband cried the minute he saw her coming down the isle. We were able to sit at a table with 4 people we didn't know and we made friends quickly, even having a pretty deep conversation about what love is. As you can see we also had a silly time with them on the dance floor. About 9pm we left the wedding and headed back to Paso Robles. It was an exhausting way to start the week but well worth it!
All of us with Melissa's grandpa, Ernie
Us with our new friends
Bride & Groom :-)
I can't take her anywhere!
2 comments:
NO WAY that grandpa is 93!!! He looks fabulous! That's incredible! (And, it looks like he can boogie down too!).
These looks like fun times!
Love you!
Um... so, ok. I miss you. I am finally DONE with school, and would love to plan a date/dinner with you. I just spent forever catching up with what you have been up to- I have missed so much! Call me?
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