Friday, August 20, 2010

Old friends and new faces from faraway places.

We were super lucky this summer to have several old friends visit Wichita with their little ones in tow. As hard as it is to capture one kid on the move, it's even harder with two. But here's a look at a few play dates we arranged for the kids so the adults could catch up.

The first visit was with the Scheers -- Jessica and I go way back to the pre-teen years. (Or was it earlier than that? I've lost count.) Jess, her husband Mark and their two beautiful kids with hair to die for are relocating to the states after being in Germany for several years. It's so good to have them closer! And it was great to finally meet little Rhys, who was born about a month after Park. We didn't get a picture of Fiona, but we owe her all the credit for the photo of us with the boys. (Thanks Fiona!)





Our second overseas visitor was Jay and his super sweet daughter, Bella. Jay and I go back to elementary school and Craig and him have known each other for almost as long. What a treat to finally meet Bella -- we were fortunate enough to see them several times while they were in town and even got to meet the other woman in his life, Irene. Hong Kong seems to be treating him very well.



And finally, our third visitor was Amy and her daughter with a future in dancing, Madison. While they didn't travel nearly as far as the others, Park enjoyed their visit from KC so much that he threw a fit when we made him take a bath and get ready for bed while they were downstairs. We let him stay up almost two hours past his bedtime because he was having so much fun dancing and playing with Madison. Can you blame him?



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Craig and Carrie are so fortunate to have long time friends. More fortunate to be able to grow their friendships beyond their school years. To see how each have grown into adult hood is so great. Greater still is seeing each have families and sharing their experiences.

They all seem so happy. Can you believe this many beautiful little ones. Are they all carbon copies of their parents, I think so.

I think the moms were having way too much fun. Kind of makes you wonder, "How onery were they as kids?".

Anonymous said...

Great pics. So glad I got to see pictures of some of your best friends' children. They are all so beautiful. Mimi

Jenna said...

I love Park's monkey shirt.