Sisters Reunion 2011

Let me begin this post with an apology to everyone I know who lives in Texas that we didn't stop to see on our trip. We decided to go about two days before we left and we were on a tight schedule - so I could get back to Parker (who didn't come with us) and be back to work (baby-sit Brooke). Please forgive us!



Jessie's husband was gone for training and she was going to bring her kids to Florida and spend a week at my house while he was away. But then we got the idea that we could drive together to see my other sister, Erika, in Texas (we miss her terribly and she may be moving very far away later this year). We decided this was our best chance for a sister weekend.



I drove with my two littlest on a Tuesday evening up to Alabama and we slept over at Jessie's house. Then all SEVEN of us (2 moms + 5 kids: ages 4, 3, 3, 1, and 1) piled into Jessie's van and drove all the way to Houston. We traveled the rest of the way Thursday and arrived at Erika's around dinner time. Erika was an amazing hostess. The weekend was full of good food, good fun, and lots of kid chaos. :)



The cousins enjoyed Addie's park:






We also went bowling at the Air Force base. This guy is one awesome bowler! Thanks, Brian, for putting up with so many women and children in the house for a few days.



These two are such great parents. Addie is a lucky, lucky girl!



Lincoln, Jane, and Maren (we referred to them all week as "the 3 big kids") did EVERYTHING together:






In fact, we had lots of groups of 3 - 3 babies, 3 big kids, and 3 sisters! Believe it or not, one of the very few pictures we got of the three moms was when Erika and Jessie treated me to a pedicure for my birthday:



Thanks for the great girl-time!