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day 26 | Joy of Love: Their best friends

Ben has been riding his balance bike whenever the weather will cooperate since he got it for Christmas. Today, Travis was out riding with him and noticed how well he was balancing so he decided to ask Jimmy to get the little bike all ready for Ben to try out. With the training wheels off, Travis got Ben on the bike, helped him get started, ran along side of him and that was it! He was officially riding a bike with no training wheels at not-quite-four years old, thanks to the balance bike and his big brother.

The assignment for today had me photographing them with their best friends. We are so blessed to have great neighbors all around us. There is no shortage of kids around here and we've been very grateful for the relationships our kids have been able to develop with these friends. So, my plan was to follow them outside as they built their forts and towns and waged their battles, capturing them with these friends. But as I was photographing Travis helping Ben on his bike this afternoon, T asked me what my photography assignment was for today. When I told him it was to capture them with their best friends he smiled and said, "Oh, well these will be perfect then!"

Yes, thankfully these are perfect.

They're best friends joy...