The Athey's: Friends

Last night we went over to our friends, the Carthey's, to see friends and meet baby Cooper. We have been getting together with this group since before we all had babies. We would try to get together every other month or so, but after we started having babies and the Carthey's moved to Ft. Worth, it became a little more challenging to get us all together on the same weekend. We now seem to get together with everyone more like every 6 months or so. The girls enjoy our moms night outs in between our family get togethers. We are thankful for these friendships.
It has been so fun getting to watch our babies grow up into toddlers and welcoming new babies. When we started getting together around 5 or 6 years ago for dinners it was us, Carthey's (Matt and Amanda) and the Collins (Mark and Ashley). We were so happy to add the Tiptons to our group a little over a year ago. Last night the other Collins (Katherine and Dean and their twin baby girls) were able to join us too. So fun getting to see everyone. I will admit that as nice as it is to get us all together it can get a little chaotic with all the kids, especially right around bedtime. When we use to get home closer to 1 a.m, we now are home by 9.
We attempted to get a group picture with mommy's and our kids... but that just didn't happen. Seemed there was always one child hurt and crying, feeding, or too busy playing. We also realized we are almost outnumbered by our children. 10 adults, 8 kids... gettin' there. I am including some past pictures too. :)