Special Time with a Special Friend!

Valerie and Caroline had such a wonderful time with our dear friend, Carolyn, last Friday.

She blesses them with a "girls day out" a couple times a year, and this time she took them to a Lilac Garden not too far away from us.  (Victoria was blessed to be a traveling buddy for Lydia as she went to Tacoma for a doctor's appointment.)  They always start their day at a local coffee shop owned by a  Christian, large, talented, homeschooling family.  : -)  Then, they enjoyed the beautiful garden and a delightful lunch together.

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Thank you, Carolyn, for snapping these photos for us!  

 

 They still have the historic residence there of Hulda Klager, the "lilac lady." (1864-1960)

Caroline was blessed to be able to play her piano! : -)

 

 

Thank you so much, Carolyn,

for this very, very special time with you!!!

You are such a blessing to us all!!!! 

Fun with Fantastic Friends!!!!

We were soooo very blessed to have several friends come out to visit us this weekend!

We had soooooo much fun!!!! : -)

Thank you, dear friends!!!!!

 

 Just a few of the volleyball players with their serious volleyball faces on!

 But it's hard to be serious for long with this fun-loving bunch! 

 

 

Here we're playing "Wink, Wink Murder."  Yes, that is what it is called . . .

but we decided to rename it "Elimination" : -)

 This is what 15 passenger vans are for . . .

filling them up!!!! : -)

 Okay . .. so those of you who have been around our blog for awhile,

you've maybe seen these kind of pictures before. . .

 It's become our first-time-visitors-tradition!!!

(Well, actually, we like to play Reverse Charades anytime with friends and family!!!!)

 Sometimes our guests are unsure about it . . .

even resist it at first!

 But inevitably, once the game begins,

the room fills with laughter,

and everyone gets in to it!!!

 And I think everyone enjoys it!

 Can anyone guess what we're acting out in all of these pictures? 

 "Love you, Man!"

 

 This one has to do with the name of a "duck"  of sorts . . .

 His initials are DT and he is in the news a lot lately . . .

More volleyball!

They played quite a bit over the weekend!

 

We also went bowling on Saturday!

That was very fun! 

(I was so bummed that I failed to check my camera battery again before we left!

It died just a few minutes into my picture taking at the bowling alley, so I was only able to take these first few photos!)

 Oops . . .sorry Victoria. . .

didn't mean to add this one . . .hee, hee!

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This one is better!

 

Thank you precious friends for the wonderful weekend with you!

We are sooo grateful for your fun friendship and fellowship!