Maryland friends in California
August 8th, 2008
It’s getting late and I need to go to bed so I can get up early and make aebleskiver and bacon for breakfast, but I know if I don’t throw a quick post up now I will have new things to blog about and this fun day will get overlooked. And I don’t want to overlook our first visit from Maryland friends!
My good friend Deborah was one of the moms in our playgroup back in Maryland. She and her family moved to California six months before we did. They live a few hours’ drive away from us now, which is fantastic.
They invited us to go to Sea World with them for an early celebration of Christian’s 4th birthday today. It was an extra-warm day and we were all hot and sweaty running around the park and sitting in the sun for the shows…but it was completely worth it! The kids LOVED the Shamu Show and the dolphins, they got to feed sea lions and touch starfish, and they got to eat Shamu-shaped ice cream bars. What more could a kid want?
Annalie was extremely excited for her friends to get here. She asked me about 87 times over the last two days, “WHEN will Christian and Anna get here? Why is it taking SO LONG?” She really misses her Maryland friends, which isn’t surprising considering how much time we spent with them all.
It’s been wonderful to see our dear, familiar friends again. You know the kind of friends who are so comfortable and close that even when you have not seen them for six months, it feels like it’s only been two days? That’s what kind of friends Deborah and her family are. I love friends like that.
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Enjoy you time with friends and I hope the ableskiver turns out great! (I’m sure it will!) Those pictures make me want to be a kid again, skipping around with a Shamu bar… Looks so carefree.
OK, but that Penguin Encounter sign makes me feel oh so old since I remember when it first opened. Oy.
Looks like a great time. And I’ll be right over for breakfast!
Ah, those are the best kind of friends! How fun that you got to reunite with them. Looks like a great day!
In N Out! I can’t stop thinking about it now!
I have never been to In N Out. I KNOW.
Sounds like a good visit with good friends. Just what everyone needs!
[...] couple of weeks ago when our friends were visiting, Deborah and I took the kids to a local park with an amphitheater. While we were [...]
[...] good friend Deborah and her kids. Annalie and I had not seen them since last August when we went to Sea World with them and then went to their house for a short visit. (Not sure how that happened, that we only [...]