My old coworker and friend, Patience, was in town this week from Alaska.
Right before she moved she had her first daughter, Violet. That was almost three years ago. Since then her and her husband, Mike, have had a son, Oscar.
She emailed us a few weeks ago letting us know she would be in town and hoping that we could all get together- an old EHR team BBQ.
Lori, Joanne and I were available and unfortunately Jessica was busy so she couldn't join us.
The forecast called for rain but all day the weather was amazing so it was hard to believe that any rain would actually fall. Hannah and I went to the store to get our food for grilling and a snack or two to share.
On our way to the park we got a text from Brian reading 'Rain will be there in 50 minutes'.
Shoot!
For anyone that was there you would know that it did start to rain on us, only after the first park we went to had torn down the playground equipment and 'community grills' no longer exist. You'd know that Joanne made a special trip home to get her grill only to find that the second park had grills but no shelter to keep us dry. You'd know that the wait at Snuffy's looked about an hour long. You'd also know that we finally ended up at the perfect location. Central Park- but you would also know that Patience and Mike had already spent their day there. I won't bore you with anymore details- doesn't matter how we got here.
We were here and we were hungry.
We started the grill, settled in and then spent some time catching up.
The kids took to each other like they had known each other for years.
By the end of the night they were all chasing Addy chanting "Get that baby!"
She loved it and had no trouble being the leader of that train.
The next few days was all talk about our new friend Violet, Baby Addy, and 'Violet's brother- that cute baby'.
I really appreciate that Patience reached out- it was nice to see her and although we can keep in touch over the computer, it's not the same. It was nice to reconnect in person. Thanks for coming out guys!
Right before she moved she had her first daughter, Violet. That was almost three years ago. Since then her and her husband, Mike, have had a son, Oscar.
She emailed us a few weeks ago letting us know she would be in town and hoping that we could all get together- an old EHR team BBQ.
Lori, Joanne and I were available and unfortunately Jessica was busy so she couldn't join us.
The forecast called for rain but all day the weather was amazing so it was hard to believe that any rain would actually fall. Hannah and I went to the store to get our food for grilling and a snack or two to share.
On our way to the park we got a text from Brian reading 'Rain will be there in 50 minutes'.
Shoot!
For anyone that was there you would know that it did start to rain on us, only after the first park we went to had torn down the playground equipment and 'community grills' no longer exist. You'd know that Joanne made a special trip home to get her grill only to find that the second park had grills but no shelter to keep us dry. You'd know that the wait at Snuffy's looked about an hour long. You'd also know that we finally ended up at the perfect location. Central Park- but you would also know that Patience and Mike had already spent their day there. I won't bore you with anymore details- doesn't matter how we got here.
We were here and we were hungry.
We started the grill, settled in and then spent some time catching up.
The kids took to each other like they had known each other for years.
By the end of the night they were all chasing Addy chanting "Get that baby!"
She loved it and had no trouble being the leader of that train.
The next few days was all talk about our new friend Violet, Baby Addy, and 'Violet's brother- that cute baby'.
I really appreciate that Patience reached out- it was nice to see her and although we can keep in touch over the computer, it's not the same. It was nice to reconnect in person. Thanks for coming out guys!
2 comments:
Sounds like quite the adventure!
We had so much fun visiting with all of you! I was so happy that we could do a weekend thing so that all of the kids could play together. Who could have envisioned all of this back in 2005 when I started at HealthEast?!
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