Sweethearts on the Hill

Meet Charlie Charlie couldn't be more excited about his new best friend that moved in the house next door about 6 months ago (granted, this picture doesn't necessarily reflect Charlie's excitement… I just kinda loved the picture, so I thought I'd share). Meet Yuke  Most people know him as Luke… But this is Charlie's tale, so we will call him Yuke.   Yuke is the greatest kind of friend…  He loves to roll dump trucks down giant hills.  He loves to play cars.  He loves to go on adventures up in the woods. He loves to battle with me against our older brothers. Yuke is that special kind of friend who makes my day happier just by being around.    He even gets grumpy when he misses his nap… just yike me! Me and Yuke really see eye-to-eye. I hope we are friends for a yong yong time!

Last weekend we made some long overdue plans to meet up with our friends, The Avery's. Amy and Howie and their sweet girls, Emma Caroline and Sophie lived next door to us for a couple years. Sam and Charlie have always adored the girls and the four of them play exceptionally well together. This time, we decided to take our adventures to the bowling alley, which turned out to be a great afternoon of fun! Unfortunately, the bowling alley presents some tricky photography challenges ~ but we both did our best to capture a few moments.   Amy made this same comment on her blog… but I can't let it pass by, we swear Charlie and Sophie are long lost twins. Something about those little faces (and personalities too) that fit together so perfectly.   To add to the photo challenges, they turned the lights off and went to neon ~   Charlie had this awesome shot-put style bowling swing that we're considering trademarking. Rarely did he use the bumpers. I think he may have even be