This is overdue but definitely worth including.
A couple of weeks ago, the Piotrowskis were out of town and kindly let the Schmitt fam take up residence in their cute little house. Bill, Steph and the kids have been nomads since selling their house, so they were thankful to stay in one place as a family. And selfishly for us, it was great that they had this option to remain in town a few more days. Of course, we snatched them up on an offer to come hang out for an evening!
Bill and Mikel are two of each others' best buds. A true blessing for Steph and me!!
Josh and Beth's deck and yard are perfect for kids' play
Steph doing what she does best: feeding kids (and me)
After dinner, the girlies wanted to "howd, howd Baby NoNo" -- a very, very frequent request from them. They've been howding him since he was itty bitty, and they don't seem to realize he's nearly grown to their size!
Claire is particularly sweet and gentle.
She didn't want me to help howd.
Nolan put on a show and demonstrated his fake cough for Claire, much to her delight.
After a quick kiss.........
......... it was Ellie's turn!
He puts up with it all pretty well, considering!
What a sweet picture!
More kisses ensued...
Then the kisses became a little assaultive...
... which meant it was time to break it up and head for the bath.
Fun for all!
This shot kills me. Claire is giving Nolan every toy in the tub, and Ellie is cheesin' away.
Next came Charlie to join the party.
Whoaaaa, big waves!
After the girls were in bed, Charlie and Nolan got to have some big boy play time. Charlie is always precious with Nolan and works hard to make him giggle. He's a really great big brother!
Think she's done this before???
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Caught this shot of the Schmitt family walking into church the next morning.
Bill and Steph, we love you guys so much and can't fathom all the richness that would have been lacking from our lives had we not had you for this journey. Thank you for being our besties!
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