good friends

On our first morning in Virginia, we drove down to North Carolina to visit Linda. Last time we saw them Ava was a baby (so was Cameron!) so it was really weird to see this nearly 5yr old girl! The second we got there, Ethan and Cameron ran upstairs and played with Robert and Gordon as if it had only been a week since we saw them last. It was great that they all picked back up where they left off. Linda was taking the kids to Florida that day but left later in the say so she could visit with us. It was so nice to see her, Bob, and the kids. She even made her famous chocolate chip banana muffins for us- yummmmm!A couple of days later when Stacy and family got home from their Disney vacation we went to visit them. Ellie was just as shy as ever and hid under the table for a good while before coming out. Ethan and Ben just picked up where they left off and had a great time! The kids also played in Stacys pool while Stacy and I caught up. Stacy was also super nice and let me do some laundry- that was much needed! We actually ended up being able to visit them twice while we were out there.

We also got to visit Derek and his wife and kids- Jim worked with him in the navy, then followed him to NJ, then back to VA again. Then I got to watch Luke for them when he was a tiny baby. We have been trying to talk them into coming to Texas since it only makes sense that we follow each other everywhere! They do have family out here so it might actually happen!

The day before we left we stopped by our old neighborhood in Suffolk- got to see Melissa (our old babysitter), and her family. Had a good visit with them, and Ethan even got to see his old friend Kendri while there.

My old friend Alex came out one night and had dinner with us. He was one of my very first friends when we moved to Virginia many moons ago. The kids think he is super cool and love when we get to see him.

I think there was only 1 friend that we didn't see while there that we had wanted to, so that really isn't too bad. I was worried we wouldn't have enough time to see too many people or visit too long- but it all worked out well.