Kangas Cousin Visit

On Sunday the 18th of March the Lord worked it out for the Kangas cousins to come visit us, and we were all ecstatic!!!! It was totally a God thing how it worked out! Thomas was in Kansas City for the weekend and so thus they had a free ride....BUT Deborah had to work on Monday so it was in question whether or not they'd be able to come. However anxious to get to spend a couple of days with our amazing cousins we prayed Deborah's boss into letting her off, and wahhhlaaa...they were on their way to Iowa! ;) We've been best friends with our cousins since we were little....well okay I'll be honest....when we were little there was quite a bit of bickering that went on at times, but we managed to stay friends through it all and now older and maturer we're DEFINITELY the BEST of friends! :) The Kangas clan was only able to stay for two days, but we managed to squish a TON into our treasured time together which included a fishing trip to the pond complete with a late night bonfire....oh yeah!!! :-D
The driver of our dusty old antique pick up (not quite but it looks like it should be an antique) which is appropriately named "Dusty!" :) David's probably thinking, "I've got three girls in the back and I'm driving...this is gonna be fun!!! Hang on boys and girls here we go!"
Yep...we went! :-D David proceeded to give us the ride of our life! None of us are going to forget it anytime soon! I know what your thinking..."Julia nice face!" :) Yep that's our drama queen front and center! ;)

Hoping we make it to the pond alive! ;)

The co-pilot looks a bit concerned too! That's NEVER good! :-P

Okay so we arrived alive...thank the Lord, and we proceeded to see how many fish we could catch before it got dark! We soon discovered that fish attract to Deborah like mosquitoes attract to water! She continued to reel in fish after fish while the rest of us caught nothing or in David's case......

1 :)

Okay I guess the report is actually two...but one was funnier! :) Still he wasn't near Deborah's total of seven!

Jewels :)

Julia helping to show off another one of Deborah's MANY fish! :)

Our delightful bonfire....I LOVE bonfires! :)

Cousins = Friends for life :)

David had us ALL laughing with his very realistic impersonation of Gomer Pyle....SHAZAM!!!! :)

I thought it was SO COOL that I had to try it too...I found out that I really just didn't have the touch! This was the closest I got and there were multiple other pictures that we deleted that didn't even come close and served to produce a good laugh! :) David beats me on this one...hands down! ;)

We had SO MUCH fun laughing, telling stories, sharing memories....and just being TOGETHER again! :)

There's absolutely nothing like a bonfire in God's glorious creation, with your cousins, on a chilly spring night! I'm SO GRATEFUL for the rich blessings of God in my life that I SO do not deserve! It is SO INCREDIBLE to have your cousins as your best friends and to share the commonality of loving and following the Lord!

To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose

under heaven:

A time to weep, and a time to

laugh;

A time to mourn, and a time to

dance;

Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 3