Sunday afternoon, Scott, Trish, Emily, (MINUS Margaret, Claire, and Price), and Olivia H. (the plus ONE!), stopped by on their way to a college visit at St. Cloud State.
It was SO great to see them all again! I had a chance to chat (briefly) with Trish at play practice in Fairfield last week, and got to see Scott (WAY briefly!) as he was directing the final rehearsals, but hadn't seen Emily for a couple of years, and hadn't seen Olivia since she was FIVE, and attending my preschool storytimes at the library!
They stopped by the "new" apartment to chat with Duane and me for awhile (the FIRST Iowans (non-family) to see the place, by the way...what's UP with that??!!), and we had a quick drink, then headed to Italian Pie Shoppe for dinner.
After a GREAT TIME there, and a TON of laughs, we came back to the house to have rhubarb black raspberry cake, and chat some more. They had to get on down the road to St. Cloud, but we made plans to meet at the Mall of America the next day (today) for a little shopping.
It was SO great to see them all again! I had a chance to chat (briefly) with Trish at play practice in Fairfield last week, and got to see Scott (WAY briefly!) as he was directing the final rehearsals, but hadn't seen Emily for a couple of years, and hadn't seen Olivia since she was FIVE, and attending my preschool storytimes at the library!
They stopped by the "new" apartment to chat with Duane and me for awhile (the FIRST Iowans (non-family) to see the place, by the way...what's UP with that??!!), and we had a quick drink, then headed to Italian Pie Shoppe for dinner.
After a GREAT TIME there, and a TON of laughs, we came back to the house to have rhubarb black raspberry cake, and chat some more. They had to get on down the road to St. Cloud, but we made plans to meet at the Mall of America the next day (today) for a little shopping.
Here's Scott at Legoland...
Goofing off at Old Navy...
At the Spongebob Squarepants statue at Nickelodeon Universe...After spending the day at the mall...looking for new glasses for Scott, and finding stuff for Emily to wear for senior pictures (how can she be having senior pictures taken??!! Last time I saw her, she was 11!!!!????), we headed over to IKEA to find a futon set for Margaret...
I didn't realize that they were all IKEA virgins...holy toledo!!!!!!!!!!!!
After a couple of hours (and a couple of blisters from my SO not broken in new shoes), they loaded their purchases into the van (it all JUST fit...since they found a futon set AND a kitchen "island" while browsing), and headed down the road.
SO nice to see them after several years of not much contact...more GREAT friends that I can just "pick up" with where we left off...and a REALLY fun 26 hours (give or take a huge chunk in the middle, or so!).
Hope YOU have reconnected with someone special from YOUR past recently!!!!!!
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