Visit With Friends

This week my wonderful friend Susan and her boys Tyler and Brayden came up to visit us for the day. Tyler is Justin's first best friend and one of his oldest friends. Tyler and Justin knew eachother when they were just 9 months old. His family sadly moved a couple hours away when the boys were 3 years old. But, we have kept in close contact with eachother over the years. We haven't missed a birthday party over the years! I just adore Susan and her family. Its very special to me that the boys still get along so well together.

Susan's family also loves to letter box. So, she and I decided to drag the five kids out letter boxing for the day. It was so much fun! The boys found two letter boxes in this fabulous converted once zoo now park that I remember going to as a kid.

Here the boys are finding the first of the letter boxes. Even Nathan joined in!
The views and walk was breathtaking on our adventure. Here are the four older boys walking along the lake in the park.
This is where our wild boys belong :) a gorilla cage. Incidentally, Nathan LOVED being caged in, giving me whole new ideas for ways to keep him contained and have fun (IM KIDDING).
The boys found a little puddle with lots of frogs swimming inside. Luckily none of the boys went swimming along with the frogs.
The Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe with the boys all on her steps. There is a joke in here somewhere about having so many children I dont know what to do....
After letter boxing we all came back to our house for pizza and play. The boys created a beautiful mural on the driveway together. It was so wonderful to see them all play and create together so well.
Brayden and Evan had a game of street hockey.
It was the perfect day. I couldnt ask for more fun or better friends!