friends.

meet carter. isn't this little guy adorable? both leah and I are smitten.

meet Kamryn (hannah montana shirt) and Kelsey (purple)...

they are our newest adopted cousins... Kamryn is getting baptized with her mom on March 7...

meet chad and melissa...

these are the sweet parents of Kamryn, Kelsey and Carter (i wonder if she spells carter with a k?). Yup. they're doing dishes-- at my house. Chad cooked us spaghetti with his own special sauce... anyone who cooks and cleans for me holds a special place in my heart.

melissa's eyes have been opened to a whole new world of crazy fun without alcohol, cigarettes or coffee... she says funny things like, "so what do you DO on Friday night?" we've had fun showing her a good time- Mormon style... we play a mean game of Rayman's Raving Rabbids on Wii (it's our FAVORITE game) and some hunting game (the boys love it)... and her kids have learned Moss-style Sunday charades and Sunday pictionary where we act out or draw scripture stories... love it. It's crazy at my house with my family of 8, their family of 5 and 4 elders.

[And, we only had ONE head split open. (Anna's) Luckily we have a friend in med-school that had sutchers at home... i thought i was going to get to play Dr. Quinn Medicine woman when his wife called and told me to boil water so we could sterilize his instruments. i told him i had hand-quilting thread- it's pretty sturdy. she didn't need stitches, but it would have been quite a story no?]

i've learned that you don't need alcohol to have a monday morning hangover.