Fun With Friends

Our good friends the Bynums drove into College Station late Thursday evening. We got to spend the entire weekend with the Bynums and other close friends. Jason and I were talking and are amazed at all of the blessings in our life- mainly, all these kids! Just less than three short years ago we were a group of friends. Now we are an extended family (as most of us don't have family in this area), and we are still growing (Katie and Kristin are both expecting Spring babies!). It was so much fun to see all of the kids interacting and playing, and made us really remember what life is all about. We are so thankful for this time we got to spend with sweet friends.

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Katie came over on Friday morning for a visit and brought Brayden and Maddie with her. We had a good time chatting and Brayden and Maddie enjoyed playing with Bryson's toys. Bryson was a good sport, too. It was really good to catch up with Katie and see how much Brayden has grown up in the last four months.

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On Friday night we all met at Wings N More for dinner. Then we went over to the MacDonalds to hang-out and enjoy eachother's company!

The Guys

The Bynums
Jason was teaching the kids how to play golf in the backyard. Sam was particularly interested and did a great job following Jason's instructions. He was launching the golf ball, and both he and Jason had a great time. I'm sure there will be more of this instruction to come...
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On Saturday night the Kenleys graciously had all of us over for a cook-out! It was wonderful because they have a play room that the kids loved, and a great back yard for grilling and relaxing. This time together brought back sweet memories and of course we made plenty of new memories!

Ruple Family Picture (not sure what is going on with the camera here!)
The Girls and Kids
We tried so hard to get a good picture of all of the kids together. We finally just realized that we should take what we could get! It was very comical watching them all interact on the couch. Sam and Bryson are big buds lately. Here Sam is making sure Bryson is doing okay. Too cute!
Sweet boys!
Visiting and relaxing...
Reagan
Courtney and Kristin
Jason, Bryson, Josh
Bryson and Katie
Maddie, Brayden, Sam, and Kristin in the Playroom
Bryson had a diaper blow-out. :( Luckily, Jenny had a onesie that she let Bryson borrow for the rest of the evening. While we were in Reagan's room, Jenny mentioned that Bryson was welcome to wear Reagan's pink tu-tu. We had to jump on that opportunity! (am I a bad mom?!?!) We put the pink tu-tu on Bryson (over the cream colored onesie), and took him outside. I told Jason that this was all there was that Bryson could fit into. All of the guys went nuts! Jason was screaming "No! Take that off of my son!" It was hillarious! I couldn't bring myself to take a picture of Bryson in the tu-tu, but I did capture Jason's reaction.
Waiting for dessert. Mmmmm.
Group Shot
The weekend went very smoothely and everyone had a great time. We really miss the Bynums and enjoyed getting to spend time with them. We are hoping they will be back soon for another visit!