Sweet Smulligans!

Oh my goodness, I go way back with these guys.....from the early days of suffering through "Fran" at CrossFit New England to having babies fairly at the same time. If you ever want to kick back with a beer (or 47) they are always down. They are the true, loyal, salt-of-the-earth type of friends....kind, generous, fun-loving and they are raising two of the sweetest and cutest little girls I know. Abigail, the older of the two, has such an intelligence about her. I have always felt she was oooooodles older than my oldest Connor even though they are only a few months apart. And sweet Emma. Oh those curls and that sweet smile always ready. Emma was born with moderate bilateral hearing loss. Though she has worn hearing aids from the age of 2 months old, Jenn and Pat have done an impressive job using sign language to supplement verbal language at home and in her various language therapies. She and Abby are blessed to have such wise and caring parents. In one of the images, they are signing "Ho Ho!"

Soooo, when they said they wanted to do a holiday mini with me, I was thrilled! I haven't seen them much since we moved to NH, and as a mom of boys, I get my girly fix on with Abby and Emma. They are full of sugar, spice and sass and they showed up in sparkles and lip gloss -- all the girly things I never see anymore! We had so much fun. I am blessed to call them friends.