August 26

We don't see family particularly often, because we're either busy or because --in the case of my family-- we live too far away to get together. But today, we headed up north to spend the afternoon with Adam's brother and sister-in-law and their kids (and Adam's dad, who was a surprise addition to the mix!).

Theo, Asher, and Melody are markedly younger than our kiddos --the oldest of the trio is just three-- but that didn't stop our kids from having fun with their cousins. After some pool-time, the boys all ran around the yard, tossed balls, and jumped in Asher's mini bounce house, while Abby had some girl-time with the precisely six month old Melody. And us adults had a few rare moments to chit-chat.

Simple truth: afternoons like these are blessings.