thankful#108: kevin's friends married rad ladies

I've always liked Kevin's friends - they have always welcomed me in their group, they've always been accepting, and I've always enjoyed being around them. But they have always been HIS group of friends. Our groups of friends never really crossed each other except when we were together. I wouldn't hang out with his friends unless I was with him and vice versa - we didn't really have many (if any?) mutual friends. That is until everyone started getting married. The guys all chose some pretty rad ladies to settle down with and I am so thankful to have them in my life. They aren't just gals who I can "tolerate" when we're at social gatherings. I truly enjoy spending time with them and we have, on multiple occasions, gotten together without the boys to hang out. We've taken the kids places together but we've also left the babies with the boys and had ladies' nights out. Then there are the weekends that we've spent together, all in one house, in Sunriver. Those have been such great memories and that's definitely a tradition that I hope we keep. I can't wait to be back up in Portland again so that I can see them regularly again.