Fabulous Friends

Our best friends from Georgia travelled North for Memorial Day weekend. Our weather was picture perfect for the time they visited Columbus! The tree near the deck provides a natural umbrella over the table, so we enjoyed quite a bit of time relaxing on the deck, catching up with one another.

The Lengles were one of the first families we met upon moving to Georgia. Our neighborhood was a swim/tennis community and the boys thoroughly enjoyed the pool--summer 2003. We met Kathie and the boys one afternoon during one of our many trips to the pool. Evan and Noah became fast friends, even with our return to Ohio, their friendship remains strong. They were thrilled to be able to spend time together last weekend!

The Dads took the boys to the Westerville Rec Center for an afternoon of swimming while Kathie and I enjoyed shopping at Easton. Trey grilled hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill and we concluded our evening with s'mores and a game of "Dutch Blitz" for the adults. We discovered a new way to create s'mores--replacing Hershey chocolate bars with either a York peppermint patty or Reese's peanutbutter cup--mmmm--try it!

Noah and Evan tended to the fire making certain it was just "right" before our two families began toasting marshmallows.

Alexander, Evan, Kathie and Collin toasting marshmallows--creating the "perfect" golden brown marshmallow. Well, except for Alexander, he torched his :).

The ingredients, above, for the perfect s'more (below).

Sunday afternoon, after dining at "Mad Mex" on campus, we ventured to Huntington Park to watch the Columbus Clippers (Indians Farm team) and Ironpigs (Phillies Farm team). Just an aside--the Lengles are HUGE Phillies fans!

It was a very WARM afternoon and the boys quickly tired of sitting on the bleachers and baking in the sun. Above, the gang--all in a line--watching the game.

The "new" Clippers stadium is nestled in the heart of Columbus and the view from behind home plate is spectacular with the Columbus skyline setting the backdrop. Our family attended a game earlier in the season and the view from the stadium at night is truly breathtaking!

We don't get to spend much time with our Georgia friends--the boys' schedules and work keep all of us quite busy. But, we realize how truly blessed we are to have "family friends". Kathie and I enjoyed our time together and are busy reviewing our calendars trying to find another time when we can all be together again.