Sunday Afternoon Visit with the Fournier's and Bartons

Another random, lovely Sunday

After church we took one of the hiking paths to one of the favorite spots for the littles...

The tire swings.

"Friendship isn't a big thing-it's a million little things."

The twins in the GIANT tire swing :)

Seth had to get in there too! :)

Mr. Flynn turns spider man as he climbs up to the web!

Hey, what's hanging from under your van?

Come to find out, the tire rod had fallen just as we pulled into our parking spot! Mom had pulled in and then, noticing she was too close to the Kaisers car, had backed out and pulled in again and the tie rod held all the way up until the very last second that we needed it. God is truly Sovereign, always protecting His children and manifesting His loving faithfulness at all times!  Praise the Lord for keeping us safe! If it had fallen on the highway we could have all been killed or seriously injured. We had no idea anything had happened until after church Mr. Tavares noticed it hanging and checked it out. This "accident" is a testimony that God is truly Sovereign and will always protect His children, whether it is spiritual or physical danger the One True God is our Lord and Father and He will always protect us and never allow anything to happen to us that is outside of His will and His will is perfect thus we needn't fear but rather have confidence in His loving care and faithfulness. 

Family portraits for the church directory...

The Fournier family

Our family!

Let it be said of him, he took that camera wherever he went...

What happens when you eat at Dunkin' Donuts too often :P

Without a vehicle to drive home in we were hopelessly stuck but the Fournier's rescued us from being left alone and invited us to their house until our van was fixed.

Mom chillin' with Ruth and Amanda

While some climbed trees...

others engaged in battles.

We ended the night with a time of praising the Lord who had preserved our lives that very morning!

with Amanda on the fiddle

and our pianist

Mr. Fournier

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!"

Psalm 133:1
We love you Fournier's and Barton's!

Happy 16th Birthday Samuel!

For this special event Mom and Stephanie created a cake designed after a HAM radio, one of Samuel's favorite hobbies.

Sweet picture of Ashley and Mr. Kaiser

Joshua playing with Seth's hat

In which we play a game of Fish Bowl! A game of charades and catch phrase all mixed together along with an unique Fish Bowl twist!

Mr. Fournier charades a...Car!?!

Felicity describes something during the Catch Phrase part of the game

Now it's Jonathan's turn and on and on it went with laughter and fun on all sides until gasp it's almost close to midnight and then we all said something we appreciated about Samuel, prayed for him and went home. 

Thank you so much Fournier's for being such wonderful hosts!

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

For Stephanie's birthday we got a Gregg's Death by Chocolate Cake, a long time favorite of our family and just the cake for our chocolate lover, Stephanie!

Now who did we get this idea from???

:) 

Mommy and Stephanie

♥ Happy Birthday my dear, priceless girl! ♥

Happy Birthday Emily!

For Emily's 16th Birthday party the Fournier's had a surprise tea party, Elizabeth did such a lovely job decorating everything to look so beautiful and elegant! 

And she did such a good job decorating the cake!

Aw, how sweet!

Tea guests, 

Mrs. Ferriera, Sarah, Mrs. Eckerson and Sarah

Becky, Emily, Mrs. Lombardo, Christine, Ashley and JennyMae

Three generations of lovely ladies

Cute little children all dressed up, with their very best of manners ready to partake of delicious delicacies

Sarah x 2 + Emily!

Yet another delightful game of Fish Bowl!

I guess Mrs. Eckerson got the same card as Mrs. Kaiser!

Teacup!

Such lovely presents everyone brought for Emily!

All crowded around to admire the slideshow, showing Emily from when she was little to now a grown up young lady. :)

♥ ♥ ♥

Happy Birthday dear girl!

Friend Get-Together

The Peirce's, Goncalves and Patricia came over our house!

Seth and Tylar just *loved* playing together, Seth must have been thinking, "Yes! Another boy to play with!" Such cuties they are!

The men telling stories

Patricia and Mom :)

We had so much fun playing Fish Bowl with the Fournier's that we decided to play it with them! 

Patricia is here charading a chicken!

Laughing till the tears come running down!

WHIP! KASHA!

Husband and Wife Secrets

Sweet victory!

Even the little people were able to join in and play with the adults! It was actually really cute seeing them play, we so enjoyed their participation! 

Patricia persuading Mr. Goncalves that she beat him! 

In this picture she's giving herself a "point!"

Thanks for coming over, it was good to see you all once again! We had so much fun with you guys!