Friends

One of the greatest desires of my heart is that our kids have good friends. I don't mean a lot of friends, necessarily, but just good friends. Jacob and I talk often about the group of friends we had in school and how easy it was to make good choices because of the people they were (and still are, quite frankly). It was honestly one of the greatest blessings of our lives. And we have wanted that so very much for our kids.

And since we have moved to Massachusetts, and as our kids have gotten older, they have picked some truly outstanding friends. And this year especially, it has been incredible to watch the kids our children choose to associate with and boy howdy, it has made my mother's heart swell with gratitude. Our children have good friends. And I am thankful beyond words.

 

 

(As you might be able to tell, these girls didn't take too much convincing to pose
for photos. Not sure the boys will be as easy, but I need to coerce them,
just to have a family record of so much goodness. I am just so grateful.)