Jenny has come and gone again. It was such a nice face-to-face meeting, and visit, here at our place. Better than I could have imagined. Jenny, her husband Bob, and their son David are friendly and comfortable to be with, such a dear family of warm hearts, ready to say encouraging things. I heard “We LOVE you guys!” several times. What a blessing.
The children spent most of their time outside, the weather was beautiful. That’s Grace way up in the tree, with David and my David on the bottom.
Jumping on the trampoline;
Eating dinner (Shepherd’s pie, veggies, and apple crisp), on the porch.
Bob and Jenny won hearts by being willing read-aloud-ers.
Lots of stories were read (some of the favorites were read repeatedly).
Wednesday morning, the sun came up and we got ready to go for a walk in the woods.
In the meantime, David won hearts by becoming a jungle gym. He now has several adoring fans.
The nature walk was SO SO LOVELY!
They were up ahead and I said, “Wait! Everyone turn around and smile!”
Davy came across a pencil and a pad of paper right before our walk so he was inspired to bring it along to draw pictures of notable sights along the way…..
….like sammies (salamanders). He found it under a mushroom!
The boys did violent battle with dead tree branches.
We were so glad that Rich was able to take the day off from work. It was good for him to have the fellowship with Bob especially, and be outside on such a gorgeous day. He works so hard, that vacation days are much-appreciated.
Golden mushroom, golden leaves
Grace is in this next picture;
Sweet Jenny, with Sarah…..
I love this picture of all of us!
The guys all practiced their grass-whistling. It got pretty ear-piercing at times. Lots of laughter.
We walked quite a bit but the children of course never got tired. They ran home and got on the trampoline again!
We greatly ENJOYED this opportunity to meet our friends. They came all the way from the other side of the USA to see us (actually, we were just one stop of many adventures for them here in New England; NYC, Boston, New Hampshire….) and we were so honored that they took the time to visit.
Thank you so much, Jenny and Bob and David! We love you guys!
Good to be Home 
What a nice visit you had — I love all the pictures!
SO special Shanda! so glad you had this opportunity…and thank you for sharing it with us!
What a wonderful visit you had. Jenny’s David seems to grow a foot each time I see him (and it’s not that long in between!), and your Grace is looking lovely too! I love the shot of David as a jungle gym — look at the size of that foot sticking out underneath! And that shot of them all running home to the trampoline is precious — reminds me of David ice-blocking with his friends!
What a lovely time you guys must have had! The colors in the woods are beautiful! So much red.Our sugar maple just lost it’s orange/red/yellow leaves these past couple of days….it was sad. But the kids had a great time raking and jumping in them.Thanks for sharing your visit with us. =)
Lovely photos, especially the golden mushroom one, and of course I love the fall colors and smiling faces of the children (and grownups). So glad you were able to enjoy this time with special friends.
Oh it looks like so much fun!!!! What a lovely relaxing time!
Wow! First off, how blessed are you to be able to meet fellow Xangans! I am IN LOVE with your house and all your fall colors. You captured it all so well. I’m a bit jealous I couldn’t be there to join in the fun. I have so missed reading about your and your family. I’m going to put forth a conscious effort to spend more time with my Xanga peeps.
It is so wonderful to finally get to meet dear Xanga friends, isn’t it? I would love to meet Jenny and her family. And you and yours! I think we are all kindred spirits! Certainly we are all one in Christ!
I am looking forward to future blogger meet ups because after my first one, I was hooked! I’m so glad for you and I’m also glad you shared your time with all of us. The pictures were so beautiful. I think the one of all of you was one of my favorites for sure!
would love to spend a day with you and yours…would be so much fun
Good friends, good times. I’m glad everything went so well.
I’m SO happy to see this post! Aren’t Jenny, Bob and David SUCH wonderful people????? They exude love and genuine warmth. This makes me miss them more! I believe you’ll always love them and want to see them again soon. What a wonderful, fabulous time you all had at such a pretty time of year!!! ALL of the kids have grown so much!
how absolutely wonderful!! what a blessing. I hope to one day come and visit too!
I was so surprised to see the first pic on your post ~ thought I had clicked on Jenny’s blogpage! What fun it is to meet Xanga friends face-to-face ~ lots of smiles all around!
how wonderful to have such special guests. a privilege for your family…and theirs! i loved seeing all of the pictures, that group one is definitely my fav.
I don’t think there’s anyone reading this post who wouldn’t want to come and visit you too. 🙂 lol looks like you had a nice visit with friends. love all the pictures!
We do LOVE YOU GUYS…more than ever!! Just home today I have thought of you all so many times the last few days. The Lord graced us with an incredibly beautiful day with you and your dear dear family! Indeed the leaves were at peak,and your area the loveliest of all we saw. Loved reading about the day and seeing your photos. The one with us and Sarah and the group one are favorites, though all of them give a wonderful taste of the day. THANK YOU!!
i love jenny! what a blessing she is here on xanga.. so cool you two got to meet. it’s so neat to see all the different ways God brings people into our lives. the pictures are all great. i like the one of jenny walking w/ sarah. and the two of you together~ you both look so pretty!
I knew you and Jenny would look so natural together, Your two families blended beautifully. I ADORE every single photo…but the one of you all on the grass hill is beyond words. How dear to meet brothers and sisters in Jesus before Heaven! God is so good