Buddy buddy

Though it's taken a while to develop, we are so thankful for the friendships both we and the boys have here in our community. Friendships that go beyond, "How have you been?" to, "Got your back."

Trey and Eli, who might as well be an honorary member of our family, teamed up for the science fair this year and spent Saturday doing their experiments with baking soda and vinegar, and then Coke and Mentos. Because science is at its best when there are eruptions.

Aden and his some of his basketball teammates have bonded as brothers this year. He and Cutler work out plays communicated solely through eye contact, while he and Gage are the dynamic duo of defense. They all cheer each other on and do that thing where you jump up and side bump each other. Good stuff.

Then our tribe spent Saturday evening together, laughing til we cried, offering presence instead of shallow solutions where we are struggling, remembering how great it was to grow up in the late eighties and early nineties, and watching our kids run dirty and sweaty through the house with their flashlights and laser guns, coming together as family the way their parents have.

Precious relationships we wouldn't trade for the world.