A long long time ago......

Steve and I use to be youth group leaders for high school kids. I was probably 20 or 21 years old when we started that endeavor. During those years 4 boys hung out at our house daily. (1 of those being Steve's little brother) I'd come home from work and they were over, watching TV, eating, playing ping pong, playing Playstation (that was long before wii :). Many times I'd go to bed and they were still over. When Leah and Megan were babies it was a common sight to see one of the boys sleeping in the recliner with a baby or toddler in their arms. We LOVED it! There was never a dull moment at our house and our door was always (and still is) open to them.

Obviously they've grown up, they all have amazing wives (which we use to wonder who would actually marry them :) and many have kids of their own. Leah even babysits for some of them. For some reason it struck me this weekend. Michael came to pick up Leah, he got out of his car, said "hi" to the little girls and him and Leah were off. I turned to Steve and said "we're not old, are we?" He laughed and said, "yep, we are." Our baby is babysitting for their babies. That's not right!! I don't want my kids to stay little, I'm raising them to be independent young ladies, but I think 10 years went by, and I missed it.

Anyway, I'm over it. I looked in the mirror and I still think I'm young, hehe. I will think I'm young til the day I die. Leah is an amazing young lady and I am so happy she can venture out and help others. And our boys, will always be our boys!

Reasons why its nice to be small :) Brooke cleaning under Leah's bed. Her sisters claim she wanted to. Yeah right!