Friends

Sam and Maya are blessed to have many friends in their lives from church and from the neighborhood.  We are excited for the group of kids that they will get a chance to grow up around.  They have already started creating some great memories together.  Here is the our young ones on Easter morning getting ready for some breakfast:

Maya and her friend Abby have developed a wonderful friendship together.  Maya loves "her" Abby (she also refers to Sam and "her Sammy D").  Something tells me that Maya and Abby are going to get along just fine for a long time to come.

What we love most though are how great friends Sam and Maya are turning out to be.  They really do love each other.  If they go to bed without the other, the one that went to bed usually comes out upset because they want to go to bed together.   The other night, they spent the better part of an hour talking to each other in bed before they fell asleep.  Maya must have a hug from her Sammy when he comes down in the morning (Maya is usually for about an hour or two before Sammy).  

We are grateful for their relationship and don't take it for granted.  Both Katie and I love our siblings and are grateful for the relationships that we have with them and are thankful that it looks like Sam and Maya will share that special bond together.