Long lost friends, Part 2!

Almost a year ago I was able to reconnect with one of my favorite people, and her family :), Kirsten Phillips Rasmussen. She was a roommate at BYU and we went through so much together. We got married a week apart and were at each others wedding, even though she got married in California and me in Utah! It has been fun keeping tabs of each other over the years and even funner as we've been able to get together and have fun with our spouses and kids! Last September we went up to Columbus to visit them and then this last weekend Kirsten and Ammon drove the 3 hours down to Teays Valley to spend some time with us! (Which was super nice since Ammon was post call and running on very little sleep and Kirsten was post call and running on very little Ammon time!!) We spent the first evening eating and playing games til the wee hours of the morning! The kids were having a party of their own, all 7 of them sharing a room and trying to get some sleep!! They did eventually all fall asleep and surprisingly stayed asleep all night! The next day we went to a lake about 40 minutes from our house and stayed ALL day!!! It was so fun and made us both wonder why we didn't get together more ofter. (At least it made me wonder ;)!!) Here is Kirsten taking pictures of the kids, she is an amazing photographer!! She is the one who introduced me to scrapbooking and all things crafty, she is amazing!

Gabby was pretending she was a mermaid, as usual.

These are two of Kirsten and Ammon's girls, Hailey and Karli, they are too cute!!

I think this is my favorite pose of Lily ever! And she doesn't even know she is posing!!!

Here is the whole crew, Lily, Hailey, Karli, Gabby, Ethan, Luke and Brynlee! These kids LOVED each other and my kids can't wait til the next time!!! Here are all the boys, Luke, Ethan, Nate and Ammon, building New Orleans so they can reenact Hurricane Katrina. They thought they were hilarious. The girls (Gabby, Hailey, and Karli) were having fun trying to bury their legs while Brynlee was trying to wash them off because the moms had said it was time to go.
It was nice having Kirsten there to help take pictures because I otherwise never get photos of myself! So thanks again picameter!! ;)