Fun with the Phillips

this past week my dear friend Joy and her family came to big D for a visit.

joy and i have known each other since 7th grade.

it is such a "joy" to be able to still be so close after all these years.

they are in the process of moving from boston to tempe arizona to plant a church.

we would have never thought back in the high school days that we would both be doing the same thing.

it is so fun!

they have three kids almost the same ages as ours.

so yes we had 6 kids - 3 1/2 and younger at our house for 5 days, 4 nights!

it was a blast and the kids did great playing together

until today - but we will forget about that :)

here are the four oldest playing at the park yesterday:

duncan, ellie, sara grace, and jayden

we spent a lot of time playing outside

(thankfully it has been beautiful weather)

a late night apple indulgence

the kiddos in their cute pj's

looking at who knows what?

jayden & ellie were so cute together

and yes jayden is wearing christmas pj's!

they had fun playing with legos

here is sweet emily

she is just 2 months old

my sister and her kids came over one morning

duncan and ellie thought this would be a good place to hide

how cute is this picture?

ellie loved this atm hat (don't tell her grandparents :))

we went to a park on saturday and they had so much fun!

the only picture of joy and i

oscar went to the park with us too!

we love you phillips and are so excited about what God is going to do in tempe!

thanks for spending time with us and i am so glad our kids are going to grow up knowing one another!!

we love you guys!