OLD FRIENDS

today we spent the day with some very old friends: ingrid and i went to school together from 8th-12th grade and kari and bill are great friends with my parents. one year ago, ingrid moved to portland with her husband burke and their three scrumptious kids -- abby, avery, and henry. kari and bill still live in princeton, but if we're lucky they'll head out west when my parents do (she's luring her parents with snowshoeing expeditions, the japanese garden, and underground tunnel tours, and i'm luring mine with golf courses, restaurants, and a new grandkid). either way, it was great to hang out with familiar friends all day. we just loved it.