Old Friends

This picture is a cute picture of 5 cute little kiddos cuddled up watching a movie...right? Well when I looked at this picture I got a little teary eyed because it makes me think how blessed we are to have awesome friends, friends who literally over generations and generations have been together. It reminds me of all the FUN FAMILY times my grandparents had with Stacey's grandparents and how many FUN FUN times my Aunts and mom have had with her Aunts and how even now many special memories are being made with Stacey's kids and mine. Brooks is Stacey Carmean Johnson's oldest, he is the one on the left next to Brady, Danika is the youngest on the right next to Corinn Hower's daughter, Ava (we are missing Corinn's youngest, Nola and of course Jarred is a bit big for this pose=) It warms my heart to think we are passing on another generation of "good old friendships". The type of friendship where you can go months without seeing each other and then pick up one night and solve world hunger while catching up with each other all in the time it takes for one Ohio State or Norte Dame football game to be played. Gosh I just can not say enough about how special these friendships are to me. My grandparents found a real treasure when they made friends with the Carmeans and I am oh so grateful to carry on the tradition and when you see our kiddos play together you know they will be talking about these friendships for years to come, they just don't get any better! Its funny because I look up to my grandparents for so many things but I never thought about adding to the list; they gave me a solid foundation for how to have good FAMILY FUN...what a blessing. Strange how one little picture, one hour laying in Danika's bed with Stacey and Corinn just chatting about life (that in itself might sound strange!), one football game for the guys can bring about so many thoughts about counting our blessings.