We have some really awesome friends. On the left are the Sweetwoods (Ryan and Holly), and in the middle are the Williams (Matt and Dani). Every year we have a reunion that we have affectionately begun to call the "Sparks Group". At one point we all lived in the Sparks II apartments in Provo, UT. That is where we all dated our respective spouses. There are lots of other ties to each other that make up this web of friendship, like Dianna and Dani are actually some kind of cousins who share a great grandpa or something, and all the boys lived on the same floor in Q Hall (dorums at BYU) and knew each other before their missions.
This year was our turn to host, so everyone drove on in to Frisco, TX. We had several days of fun and catching up and eating good food (easter candy, IBC, and 7 layer bean dip) and playing our favorite games ("The Name Game", "Hand and Foot", and Lawn Bowling). The girls did a salon trip and the boys went to play Topgolf. We got babysitters (two of them) to watch our five kids for Saturday afternoon and got some food and did some shopping. We partied late each night like we were in college still, but then had to get up with the kids early the next morning which reminded us we were not in college still. When everyone left we were beyond exhausted, but a good, happy, smiling deliriously exhausted.
Kids are from left to right: James Williams, Genevive Sweetwood, Allison Williams, Grant and Lucy. And if you noticed, the Sweetwoods have another due in a few weeks.
