Great friends and a whole lot of boys!

Some recent shots from a great evening with the Koogers!

Ever realize that you have good friends when you get together after months of not seeing each other and it's as if no time has passed? That's how I felt as we spent time with the Koogers this August :) With our 4 boys all similar ages, they had a great time in the backyard and even fell asleep successfully so that we could all visit some more after their bed time!

Thanks, Koogers, for your ongoing friendship!

For some reason these all got mixed up as you can imagine we didn't put all the boys in the bath and then take them back outside but I"m too lazy to rearrange so here they are anyways :)

I LOVE Cole's face in this one :)

Jacob and Cole are only months apart and they are so similar! Both have no fear and LOVED being thrown up in the air - when Jacob saw Cole doing it he wanted in on the action too :)

Our little Spring babies getting bigger :)

So, we started with this pose......

Which Jacob messed with, resulting in this shot....

Which, funny enough knocked down his older brother.....

And then eventually, Koogers' followed suit :)

Cole has some awesome looks and this is one of them :)

These boys were a bit better behaved on their own than when placed next to their brothers :)

Thanks again, Koogers for a great night. We are so thankful for your ongoing friendship and look forward to having our kids grow up together no matter where we live :)

June 19, 2011: Fathers Day #2!

Even though the Turner name won't continue on as it might have had Josh still been alive, I know that my dad is so thankful to have Jon for a son-in-law and especially thankful for the extra testosterone that Ben and, now Jacob, will bring to our household. If, down the road, we ever have a little girl, I know Grandpa Turner will treasure her the same way I felt treasured as a little girl. Thanks dad, for truly making me feel like I deserved someone as special as Jon and encouraging me to wait to find it. I love you and I love that God brought me an amazing man to make my husband and the father of these beautiful boys!

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I love this last pic because it truly captures Ben as he really is - a squirmy wormy who barely sits still for photos these days but honestly, I kind of love that! It reminds me to enjoy the photos that capture us as we really are rather than having a whole hard drive full of posed memories. Happy Fathers Day to my amazing husband and to all the GrandFathers in my life. To those who are no longer with us, I miss you, and to those who are currently showering my boys with Grandfatherly love, thank you. They are so blessed because of it!