Snug as six bugs in a rug

Can you tell that I am going through long neglected photos?

At the end of September we packed up the van and headed to Sacramento to visit some old YWAM friends from our Chico days. James was playing for a worship night they were holding and as he had to be there two nights in a row, for practice and then the event, we did a sleepover, family style on the Friday.

The kids were so excited, to see their friends who they adore, and to get to have a sleepover was the icing on the cake. They were all up way too late, I mean probably the latest ever, outside of traveling adventures. Their little friend had set up their play tent in their sun room and somewhere along the way, the children decided that all six of them would sleep there, together!

I seriously wondered how it would play out, two two-year olds, a four-year old, five-year old, six and seven-year olds, side by side on the floor. Well the lateness of the hour definitely played to our advantage and they all crashed quickly and actually, amazingly, stayed there all night. Poor Arran apparently got woken by Asia several times, asking him to put her covers back on and the next day they were all pretty tired, especially as they woke up just as early as usual. But it was fun.

It was great to hang out with friends (we also stayed up way too late) and Amy took us out to do family photos too on the Saturday, which we had been talking about forever. I am so grateful for the friends we have in our life, near and far. It does not matter how often or, in this case, infrequently we see each other - we can pick up where we left off and just be ourselves.