This family is so special to our family. We met Calvin and NiCole almost 6 years ago when we moved down from Alaska to Waxahachie to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Calvin was Chris’s dorm pastor and I became good friends with NiCole when I was her student worker before Chris and I got married. They have walked with us through some of our biggest life moments and hardest challenges, offering us support and so much wisdom throughout the years. Our families became even closer when we added kids to the mix! Lyla and Brooklyn have so much fun together and talk about each other often even after their family moved to Louisiana last year.
Last month they all came back in to town for Brooklyn to have a heart surgery that they had anticipated since she was a baby. Thankfully they made some time for me to take family pictures before she had her surgery a couple days later. You would NEVER guess that Brooklyn needed surgery based on how active and energetic she was. She was running and laughing the whole time and I definitely got my workout in trying to capture her little personality.
In case you were wondering, the surgery went really well and she is recovering wonderfully back in Louisiana. I’m sure after all this NiCole needs a vacation after taking care of an almost 3 year old (especially while we she was in the hospital) recovering from heart surgery!
[…] and really, REALLY amazing friends. You may remember them from the blog last year when I took their family pictures right before their daughter, Brooklyn’s, heart surgery. They recently moved back to […]