We have several houses for sale on our street so Cailey and I started praying months ago that God would bring her a girl her age to play with. We LOVE the families we 'do life' with but no one has girls her age so often times she's either playing with the boys or much younger girls...which is fine but we've just been praying that someone would come in her life who was the same age.
One afternoon I heard her playing outside in the backyard and she was shouting to someone. I couldn't figure out who she was talking to because our yard backs up to a storage facility. I went outside and craned my head around the side yard to barely see some kids jumping on a trampoline. You could only see them when they were airborne but she's awesome and somehow figured out that one of the girls was in her choir...in the same grade! It wasn't the girl's backyard...it was her neighbors. And it's not on our street but it's the street beside ours down at the end of the cud de sac...so it would be far to walk all the way around but there is a cut through which makes it a one minute walk.
That night was their choir performance so I was able to meet her sweet family. We met Grace (the 3rd grader), her sister Emily (who is only a year older than kinsey...but 2 years in school), and her brother Winston (who is a year older than ephram). We also found out that they've lived there for 1o years (and we've been here 7)...CRAZY that they were here all along but because we on different streets we had NO idea! They've been in choir together for three years! The next weekend Grace came over to play one day and the kiddos had a great time.
One afternoon I heard her playing outside in the backyard and she was shouting to someone. I couldn't figure out who she was talking to because our yard backs up to a storage facility. I went outside and craned my head around the side yard to barely see some kids jumping on a trampoline. You could only see them when they were airborne but she's awesome and somehow figured out that one of the girls was in her choir...in the same grade! It wasn't the girl's backyard...it was her neighbors. And it's not on our street but it's the street beside ours down at the end of the cud de sac...so it would be far to walk all the way around but there is a cut through which makes it a one minute walk.
That night was their choir performance so I was able to meet her sweet family. We met Grace (the 3rd grader), her sister Emily (who is only a year older than kinsey...but 2 years in school), and her brother Winston (who is a year older than ephram). We also found out that they've lived there for 1o years (and we've been here 7)...CRAZY that they were here all along but because we on different streets we had NO idea! They've been in choir together for three years! The next weekend Grace came over to play one day and the kiddos had a great time.
picnic lunch
over the next month the girls got together a lot for crafts, just dance on the wii,
balloon play,
cailey's first experience with silly string which was super fun,
more crafts...for father's day,
play in the sprinkler, baby pool, and trip to their big pool,
play soccer and basketball,
jump on BOTH of their trampolines, watch movies,
and have super long playdates including dinner and chasing lightning bugs. this pic was taken after i went to pick cailey up one night from a long playdate. they've been begging for a sleepover which we plan to do after the 4th when everyone is back in town. it has truly been a HUGE blessing and answer to prayer to have them come in our lives and we can't wait to watch the kiddos become even better friends!
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