Lasting Love

Snow angels

"Momma!!!" Lexie yells as she stands at the door "It noing!!" I walk over and pick her up so that she can have a better view of the snow. We're at our apartment in NYC, and there is a blizzard happening outside.

"We play?" Ben runs up to my side to ask me. I lean down to his level to answer him.

"We need to see if daddy wants to go out with us." He runs right over to where Justin is helping Kay build their new toy, and asks him.

"Daddy! We go play?" Justin looks up at me for approval before answering him.

"Of course! You need to get dressed though, we don't want you to get cold."

"But I not cold." Ben replies, trying to act tough. This causes Justin to laugh as he picks him up, and takes Kay's hand walking to their room. I follow them taking Lexie to our room where I put a few layers of clothes on her, as well as her new snowsuit she just got.

"I play?" She asks as I fight to get her gloves on.

"Yeah, but you need these on so you aren't cold." She stops fighting, and finally let's me get her gloves on her little hands.

Justin walks in a few minutes later followed by Kay and Ben who are also dressed warmly. We have them sit on our bed while we look through our clothes for something warm to wear.

"Let's go!!" Kay yells pulling us towards the door. We each have one of the littler kids in our arms since they have a harder time walking.

"Just stay in this area, Kayleigh." Justin reminds her as she runs off to play "helping" Ben and Lexie make snow creations.

"Jen?" A familiar voice calls out my name. I turn to Justin to see if it was him, but he's helping the kids.

"Oh, hi!" I turn around to face Brad and a very unimpressed Angelina. She's standing with 3 of their kids, who are very curious as to who I am, asking her.

Brad walks up closer to us causing Justin to walk over to me holding Lexie and Ben's hands so they don't fall. He smiles at Brad trying to be nice, even though I know he doesn't like him much.

"You guys having fun?" Brad asks the kids kneeling down to their level.

"Yeah!" Lex yells back at them. Kay follows behind her "Mommy and daddy are playing with us!" She adds. Ben just stands there, infatuated with a tiny snow ball ignoring Brad's question.

"They are?" Angie asks them laughing a little. She looks up at Justin and I after they lose interest in her "They're adorable. So little too."

"Yeah, I'm surprised they can walk." I laugh "They're so tiny." She starts talking about their kids, and her and I end up in a long conversation while Brad and Justin play with the kids helping them all make a big snowman. After Angie and I are done talking for a while, we look over to see it.

"Wow, I didn't we were talking that long!" She says shocked.

"I know," I look up at it "They're doing a good job."

We join them and help the kids find things to put on it to finish him, and they all decide to name him Frosty because of course that's all they can think of. After a while, they all leave to go back inside, and we decide to take the kids sledding.

"Lexie hold on to Ben so you don't fall!" Justin reminds her as he places her on the sled for the third time "If you stay on then you can go down the hill." She, of course, doesn't listen and ends up falling off the minute they start moving.

"Do you wanna go with me?" I ask as I pick her up. She nods her head, so I sit on the sled and put her on my lap with Ben in front of her. Kay "helps" Justin push us to start us moving, and we fly down the hill. They laugh and smile the whole time we're moving.

"My turn now?" Kay asks Justin. He nods and puts her on the sled then sits with her, and they fly down the hill just like us. I stand to the side and get pictures of all of them as Justin takes turns sharing the sled.

"Mommy daddy go!" Ben yells trying to pull his sled over to where Justin and I are. He hands it to Justin who carries it up the hill. The kids follow us, and once we sit in the sled they push us down the hill. They try to run down and beat us to the bottom and we try to slow down the sled letting them win.

"I love you guys!" I tell them as I pull them all in for a big hug.

"We love you, mommy!" Kay answers for all of them. Justin tells them all the same, then leans over them to kiss me "Love you, babe."

I kiss him back "Love you too."