June 5, 2011: Matt & Megan

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Jon, Ben, Jacob and I headed out this past Sunday to our old church in Coquitlam, Blue Mountain, to hang out with our second church family and spend some QT with Matt & Megan! As much as we love Jericho Ridge, we really grew connected to the people at Blue Mountain and love going back to visit. They are such amazingly welcoming and down to earth people and our hearts are still very much with the youth there that we used to work with and went to New Orleans with. Matt & Megan went on that trip with us and, along with so many of the other awesome youth (who are now young adults) at Blue Mountain, we consider them great friends.

The day started out fairly well, except for the fact that we were late as usual, when I dropped Ben off at the Sunday school, fully thinking that he wouldn't stay without me, and he did! Megan's mom and Cheryl Waine were teaching the class and they got Ben involved with some cool crafts/puzzles so that I could escape and it was a success!

Being that it was Grad Sunday we were treated to a yummy hot dog lunch after church and then we headed over to Blue Mountain Park with Matt & Megan for some playground time with Ben and just general relaxing in the shade with Jacob!



Ever since Ben was little he's had a special connection with Matt so we often joke that Matt needs to stay away from Jacob so Matt can have Ben and Jacob can be Megan's!



Matt & Ben goofing around...typical :)



More of Matt & Ben.....4th cousins, I think ;)

Loaning Ben out to fun 'Aunty Megan and Uncle Matt!' for a quick pic :)



I couldn't resist :)

It seems that the best way to get Ben to want to be in a photo is to say I"m going to take a picture of Jacob and then he's all over it..... I also love how Jacob could just sleep in the middle of the craziness. Seriously a blessing of a baby :)

Me & my boys - thanks Megan for taking these pics!



A few family shots while we had someone else to take the photos. Jon is literally pinning Ben upright so that he doesn't flop over. Later on Jon grabbed one of the little buttercups and taught Ben the 'momma had a baby and its' head popped off' rhyme and the laughs he got were over the top - if only we'd known that during these photos I think we could have had some huge smiles but we'll settle for half looking at the camera :)

Me and my Megan :) Love you so much Megan! You're an amazingly beautiful woman inside and out and I have been privileged to know you over the years and spend time with you. You have such a wonderful heart for God and I can't wait to see what your future holds as we continue to spend time together and share great days like this one!



A few of Ben and Jon goofing off!



I'm not going to lie but I kind of like the first shot because it shows off Jon's muscles a bit - I think it's ok to say that about my husband ;)



Our skinny little Ben is constantly pulling up his pants but, at least now he can do it on his own!



Thanks so much, Matt & Megan, for sharing this day with us. Thank you for being such great people and such great friends and for loving our boys. We appreciate you more than you can know and are blessed by your friendship! Here's to more awesome days together.