Friends!

Going to lunch

Last night I opened my email to find something exciting! Our dear friends, the Gulkes, live in Illinois and wanted to know if they could come see us in St. Louis for the weekend! Scott and Karla were in our travel group when we went to China. We met our first day in Beijing and it was like being with friends we'd known forever! I was so happy that we would get to see them again! They drove in today and we all went to lunch and hung out by the pool. It was so much fun to see Scott, Karla and Mia again and meet their other children, Brett, Josh and Becca. Later, we ordered in pizza and played one of our favorite games, Apples to Apples. It was so nice to have some friends to hang out with! Thank you, Gulkes! You made our weekend!

Hanging out at the pool-Becca, Isabel, Josh, Noah, Brett, and Parker


Brett with his arms full!

Parker being tossed by Brett and Paul

Isabel with Mia

Hair bows, courtesy of the Gulkes- styling by Parker!