The Pictures I promised....

While living in Ohio, I met a wonderful woman named Susan.  She has 2 sons, Daniel and Andrew.  Daniel is Brandon's age, and Andrew is Trevor's age.   Like my friend Lucy, Susan is a kindred Spirit - so are her boys.  We always had so much fun when we got together with them, and we miss them immensly.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, there was a knock on the door around dinner time.  It was Susan and her boys.  They drove 8+ hours just to visit us for the weekend.....how amazing is that!!!!????  We spent Friday night just catching up and playing, we had campouts in the living room Friday and Saturday nights, we spent Saturday on the boardwalk in Ocean City, and Sunday they hopped back in their car and went back to Ohio.

I feel so blessed to have friends that would drive all that way for us.  Thank you, Susan, Daniel, and Andrew, for coming to visit us.  We love you guys!!!

From right to left:  Dan, Susan, Andrew, Reagan, Josh, Jason, Trevor, Elli, Lori, Chris, Brandon

Camping out in the living room (you can see Elli crawling around in there waking them all up)...

Trevor, Reagan, Andrew, Joshua, and Jason after Elli woke them up....

At the boardwalk....Reagan....

Andrew and Jason.... 

Susan, Me, and Elli....

Brandon, on a deserted beach.... 

Dan, on a deserted beach.... 

Joshua, Trevor and Andrew exploring.... 

The taffy pull machine at Shriver's candy store on the boardwalk....YUM!!!

Elli loovved the candy store...

Thank you Dan for sending me the pictures from your trip out here. 

Thank you Susan for bringing your beautiful family to see us - I miss you!!