October 6, 2007 - A Fun Day with Friends

Ever since Nicholas was 6 months old, we have been involved in a playgroup with neighbors. Once a week we get together and just let the kids play while the ladies socialize. One of our families moved out of Ravenna down to Kalamazoo last December. It has been quite sad for Nicholas because they have a boy 6 months older than Nicholas and they love to do a lot of the same things...they can play together for hours.

(They also have a girl a little older than Gabrielle, a boy 2 months older than Allison and a girl 6 weeks younger than Sam). We have managed to get together every couple of months by either them driving this way or us driving that way, so the kids have managed to stay in touch so far.

This particular October weekend however, the parents of this family needed to go out of town for a family event. 3 of the kids stayed with my neighbor across the street and Carson got to stay with us...much to Nicholas' excitement.

It was a beautiful weekend so we met at the local park, so that all the kids could play together. We managed to catch this photo opportunity as the kids decided to make a "log jam" on the slide. There were 8 kids on the slide (Allison was busy swinging and obviously the the 2 babies were not included). The kids had so much fun spending the weekend together. Bottom to top: Nicholas - 5 1/2; Carson - almost 6; Nyla-4 1/2;

Tori 4 1/2; Kylie-almost 7; Aubrey-5 1/2;

After Aubrey (in orange) you can just make out the top of

Arie John's head-2 1/2; and Gabrielle-almost 4