Hanging with the H-we's

One of Mark and my favorite relatively stress free weekend activities is to hang out with the Huwe's. We cruise up HWY 10 to Gretch and Dan's house outside of Clear Lake. Door to door it is a few minutes less then an hour away. I quote two year old Miss P H-we, "Mommy, Can you call the Twin's Mommy so they can come play?"

At the H-we's, the Thomberg's have our own special set up in the basement, including a bed for Mark and I, and a pack n' play and crib ready and waiting for M & D. We have no agenda for our time together. We turn our kids loose and hope they will play nice. If it is evening, we feed our kids, while we sip our wine or beer. We put the kids down at 8 pm and hope for quite from the various corners of the house. Next, we eat ourselves. Out of nowhere, Gretchen appears with a delicious, creative and healthy meal. She jokes the recipe is from her Jessica Seinfield's "Deceptively Delicious" cook book, which she refers to as "Deceptively Difficult". Often the adults are in bed before 11 pm. (Hey - We're tired!)

Basically, Mark and I take relief in spending time with our dear friends whose lives are just like ours. We share the same stresses and same joys in our day to day lives with two small children, parenting, jobs, job searches, home life, finances, time management, and etc. I think each of us finds comfort and feels supported in our time together.

This past weekend we gathered on Sunday afternoon....

Mark in his boot cast on the hammock.

The little oasis outside the H-we House.

M, Marly, P and Dean in P's princess bed last winter.