Fun with Our Favorites

We've been super-spoiled this past week to have logged some serious quality time with our besties. Having Meaghan, Mark, Austin, and Charlie back is truly brightening the tail end of our time in the Burgh. Here's a quick peek at the latest Edwards/Braly shenanigans...

Last Sunday Meaghan and Mark invited us over for dinner. When we weren't dining on omelettes and salad and chocolate, I managed to get a couple of pics of the kiddos.

We were warmly greeted by Austin, sans britches.

Porter checking in on Cheeky Charlie.

I'm truly tempted to steal this baby.

Father/son trying to replicate our mother/daugher balancing act.

On Tuesday, Meaghan and I took our kiddos to the Science Center. The big boys had a blast running around together, while the babes were content to tag along and observe.

Exploring a replica of the International Space Station.

Rocket-launching.

Teamwork.

Hard at work in the ball factory.

Honed in on his favorite blocks.

My bestest buddy.

Excavatin'.

Conducting some sort of surgery in the "Body Tech" exhibit.

I walked by a screen and -- whadya know? -- saw Brett's mentor on a video about spine surgery.

Shooting laser beams.

The perpetually happy baby.

We made plans to meet up again on Thursday at Jump Zone. The boys had never been there before; they were surprised and thrilled when, upon our arrival, they learned what fun was in store for them the next two hours!

Porter preferred the "princess" bounce house.

Super Austin!

He may or may not have been pushed down this slide...

This chica was Bjornin' it all morning.

Taking a break from the jumping to color.

My firstborn and his second momma.

(Sometimes I wonder which of us he loves more!)

Chowin' down on their dogs.

Adore these amigos.

Hoops too high to make baskets? Throw the balls at each other, instead.

They were cracking themselves up.

Kaiser leading the way down the steep slide.

Loved. Every. Second.

Time to take this happy girl home!

We were all looking forward to Saturday night. Our hubbies had plans (Mark was out of town, and Brett was going out to celebrate a coworker's birthday), so Meaghan and I decided to have a good, old-fashioned slumber party! She and the boys got to our place around 5:30, and we enjoyed pizza for dinner, followed by a movie night + popcorn.

Glued to Happy Feet.

Meg manning the babes.

After all the offspring were down, the mommies poured a couple of glasses of wine, munched on chocolate-covered pretzels and chocolate chip cookies, and settled in to watch a few episodes of Parenthood. We passed out around midnight, then woke up when Brett got home. We all stayed up a little longer chatting before turning in for good.

Sunday morning we all got to eat breakfast (Daddy made a donut run!) and play together before heading to 11:00 church service.

Charlie borrowing Maloney's Bumbo.

Austin finally convinced his buddies to play a round of Candyland.

As always, time spent with these folks has made our week much more awesome. Keep the playdates (for the babies and the grownups) comin'!