John + Emily

John and Emily have been friends for as long as I can remember. I truly believe that it really is a special friendship that few share at this age. If they could, they would spend days and days and days together...rarely tiring of each other. Emily has spent many a weekend at our house and John has loved it! We were taking John to the rodeo to ride in the Grand Entry parade this year and leaving Aaron at home. We asked John if he would like to bring a friend, and he thought long and hard and decided on Emily (honestly, he wanted to ask Alexander too, but since Alexander was going with his parents later that same week and also riding in the Grand Entry parade, he decided Emily would enjoy it too!) They had such a fun time and thoroughly enjoyed their "date". John refused to get dressed until Emily came over and he could see what she was wearing so that he could match her. It was really a sweet, sweet night!

Oh, and John recently informed me that he guessed he would have to marry Paige, Emily's big sister. When I questioned him as to why he wasn't going to marry Emily, he responded "cause she told me she just couldn't marry me". :-)