Visitors

This past week, we were fortunate enough to have not one, but two amazing friends and their families stay with us.

I met Jenni in Des Moines about 5 years ago. Nick and Billy quickly became inseparable, studying or playing poker until late at night. Jenni and I also became good friends, chatting or playing poker as well.
Well, Nick and Billy both decided to go into anesthesiology, but unfortunately they didn't get into the same residency program. So we'll be in Ohio for 4 years, while Nick and Jenni only spent their first year in northern Ohio and will be spending the next three years in southern Arizona. Anyway, they moved this past weekend and decided to drive through Columbus and pay us a visit. It was fun to stay up much later than we normally do, just talking and playing poker, like in the old times. We miss them very much, but we feel fortunate to have seen them, even for just a short weekend.

The best picture I could get with all 5 of the kiddos.

My good friend, Jenni

Christa and I met in Maryland, but we became good friends after we both moved to Utah for school. We later became great friends after Parker, Logan, and Taylor were born (only 3 days apart). And we became awesome friends after Christa found out she was pregnant with twins (born 2 months before Kendall). Yes, between the two of us, we had 6 kids in 21 months. Anyway, Christa and her family were driving to Missouri and decided to drive through Ohio to spend the night with us. It was fun to see all the kids interact and play with each other.

The best picture I could get with all 6 kiddos. It wasn't easy.