Lessening the Miles

One of the many reasons I have latched onto blogging is because of the opportunity I get to meet women from across the nation,even the world. Women who live so far away from me that I would never get the chance to correspond with them otherwise. Some of these women are old friends, some are family, and some I have only met because of the blessed cyberspace.

One such woman is Brandon's cousin, Michelle. Although, it sounds so "old" to say woman. One such chick? One such dudette? Huh. Whatever. Moving on.

Michelle lives on the East Coast and she and I met for the first time when Brandon and I had been married for nearly a year. Since then we have only seen each other one other time, until a few weeks ago. Without blogs, Michelle and I would just be two people at a family reunion that don't know each other, say a few words, exchange stats about our kids and that would be that until the next time our paths cross.

Instead, we have become good friends, as we have shared stories and thoughts and comments through each others blogs.

Enter my excitement when, on her blog (gotta love it!) she announced that she had surprised in her family and was in Utah visiting for a couple of weeks. I quickly begged her for a few hours of a time. She kindly complied.

We met up at a historical farm that is in the area. I managed a handful of pictures. They are pretty amusing. This is what you get when you try to get 5 kids under the age of 5 to all look at the camera at the same time.

Hilarious.

Nora (3 1/2), Alex (22 months), William (3 1/2), Grant (almost 5), Marie (20 months)