Late Nights with our Teens

This after noon Rebekah put together a night at the movies with all her church friends.  Of course her friends and Brandon and Austins friends as well.  So she invited Austin and Brandon to go too.  Before they left they were all three in my room getting ready to go.  They were all three so excited.  They ended up wearing coordinating outfits.  I heard Rebekah say to Brandon, "There's only one thing that could make this night even more perfect.  It would be you having your license and you driving us all over to the movies."  What fun it was for me to see my three oldest running around with each other and all their friends.  Rebekah, Brandon and Austin are all so close.  They are so lucky to have each other.  Of course on the way home their friend Abby and Tanner Dewey have an older sister who is going to take them t-ping to another one of their friends from seminary; Justin Mcgowan.  Rebekah said, "he stole my basket ball so I must make him pay, we will have to smother his house with tp.  It was so funny.  It's fun to watch the love for  life they all have.  Of course they got in really late which is really hard for Brett and I.  We have been parents for 17 years and still have a  three year old and a baby in the house that get up and start their day at 6am.  It's truly one of the most difficult parts of Brett and I's life.  It's definitely a bitter sweet experience to say the very least.

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