Thursday, March 22, 2012

A dinner that brightened our souls!

On Tuesday night, we skipped all of our soccer obligations, drove to Orem and had the time of our lives! We ended last week with sick kids. Hannah & Hailey ended up with hand, foot & mouth, and were pretty miserable for a couple of days. They didn't sleep very well, had small fevers and didn't eat great. Jack has been extra grumpy the last several weeks too. I don't know if it's just a phase, too little "dad" time, etc., but he's been getting angry over the weather, over cereal bowls, anything!

Our incredible friends, the Rasmussen's, had decided to drive to Utah (from Ohio!) for spring break to ski and see family. They were SOOOOO kind to take an evening and spend it with us. We met at Sizzler, which ended up being great because it wasn't too crowded, the people were really kind to us and we sat and visited for over 2 hours!

It was so good to see them again! The kids hadn't seen each other for almost 2 years and after 15 seconds of being shy, it was like they had never been apart. Jack was in absolute heaven being with Ethan and it's no exaggeration that his spirits were lifted that night. He laughed and laughed and has been so much happier and pleasant at home. The kids laughed with each other, Hailey R. & Kate talked and talked and of course, all the grownups did both - laughed & visited!

We got to see their sweet little Paisley - what a cute baby! All the kids had grown up so much and they were all great! A couple of little old ladies even came to our table and told us how good all the kids were (there are 11!!).

Here are the pictures! Kirsten & Ammon - thank you so much again for a wonderful night! We miss you, love you and are constantly grateful for your friendship!!


It was so great to see this boy smiling so much!





Hailey & Kate


Paisley


All 11 kids!!



All crazy 11 kids!! I love how Hailey B. & Paisley are just watching, like "what?"



Matching teeth - both top teeth out with 1 growing in









They were kind enough to bring our girl scout cookies all the way from Ohio, and we in turn, gave them 2 boxes back!



3 comments:

Becky Sorenson said...

Looks like such a fun time! I love seeing the Bowen and Rasmussen kids together. Glad they were all so good and that Jack's spirits have been lifted :)

Em said...

How fun. That is great you were able to see them. Wow, they are brave to travel with such a small baby!

Kelsi said...

That is awesome you guys got to meet up again. Look at all those cute kids!!! Makes me think of our future and meeting up with med school friends.