September 2009

One of our favorite events of September was having some of my oldest and dearest friends, Chris and Brian, and their kiddos Connor and Ashlin come to stay with us in our new house. On Friday night, we took our friends to dinner and out for ice cream and a stroll at the riverwalk where we were eaten alive by mosquitos. Even though we have much more space in the new house, we still have only 3 bedrooms. So we had Madeline, Connor and Ashlin sleep in sleeping bags in Hannah's room. They did amazingly well with this arrangment. We put a monitor in Hannah's room and enjoyed listening to Madeline be the "momma" trying to remind the kids to get to sleep and listening to the other kids chattering and giggling happily. On Saturday we took them to the Jenks Aquarium and then we just cooked dinner at home that evening. That night Madeline chose to sleep on our bedroom floor because "the kids just wouldn't listen" the first night. The the four little ones have a great time with each other and we snapped lots of pics. Here are some of my favorites.

If you click on the collage below you can see the photos in a larger size.