Visiting with Friends

This weekend (yesterday until today) we headed to Vancouver and stayed the night with our friends, Barton & Heather and their two kids (3yrs & 18mths). Our kids were so excited that we were going to sleepover at their house and to go to their church.

Jeremy and Barton were roommates during their first year of Bible college. After their first year they both transferred over to Columbia Bible College during Heather's second(?) year and my third year. That was where Barton & Heather and Jeremy & I met each other and our spouses! Jeremy & Barton had many conversations about the women winning their hearts!

Anyway, Barton is a pastor of a church in Vancouver, so this weekend, we not only got to visit with our friends whom we hadn't seen for so long, but we got to hear Barton preach for the first time since he's been pastoring this church (6yrs). I will do a separate post about his sermon because there I have a lot to share about it!

We arrived at Barton & Heather's a "little" late (sorry guys!) yesterday afternoon and enjoyed a wonderful BBQ with their family.

Daniel, Emily, Becca & Tyler enjoying ice cream for dessert

Emily & Becca

Tyler

Our kids all got along wonderfully. Their 3yr old daughter, Emily, was thrilled to have Becca play with her and Becca was so excited that they had a little girl close to her age! The two girls had a sleepover in Emily's room last night - you would think they were teenagers for how late they stayed up! Finally after being separated, they both settled down and went to sleep. Daniel, thankfully, was sound asleep in our room. The grown-ups had a great time catching up on life over the past years and reminiscing about Bible college days!

This morning we attended their church. It was only the second time we've been there since Barton began pastoring at the church 6 yrs ago. The first time we went to celebrate him being ordained and begin his pastorship. Daniel & Rebecca had fun during the kids' time at church. Daniel didn't want to leave - he was having too much fun playing with the lego! After church, we took the kids to a playground (Barton had a previous commitment so he wasn't able to join us) and let the kids play while we waited for our delicious pizza to be made. After a quick lunch (their little Tyler was more than ready for his nap), we said our good-byes and went our separate ways.

We didn't have all that much time together but the time we did have was so good. We were able to reconnect again and are looking forward to the next time we go for a visit. Before we said our good-byes today, Emily asked if we would be coming back to their house again soon. It was so sweet! How could we say no?! The girls got along so well. The sweetest was when our girls walked down the sidewalk holding hands, wearing red dresses and with their hair braided (thanks, Heather!) looking like the best of friends! What a treasured memory!