Friends' Lunch

Last Sunday I decided to invite a couple of friends over for lunch sometime this week.  Shelly B.,  Celeste B. and I have known each other for 10 years now.  They both have boys the same age as Will.  The three boys have been the three amigos since before they created formative memories.  However, While Will is my youngest, Craig and Dallan are on the older end of the spectrum in their families, so I told Shelly and Celeste to bring the kids along.''

 Normally, we run the sprinklers in the back yard, but for this special occasion I flood irrigated to create the 'pond' for my friends' younger kids.  For years I enjoyed watching my own kids play in the 'pond', but now they are too old for it.  It was really fun to watch their kids enjoying the afternoon!

I set up for a taco salad lunch with a table in the partial shade of the pergola and camp chairs in the full shade under the cherry tree.  Shelly, Celeste, and I sat in the full shade.

Shelly and Celeste

They both have jr. high aged daughters very close in age, too.  This is Ashlyn and Clara.

I really think it was a great success and I had a great time!  I think we need to do this sort of thing more often!  All too often we just visit at church and figure somehow that that builds a friendship.  Most of the rest of the (non Mormon) world knows that a friendship is built on more than that.

So, our conversation ran the gamut from kids to vacations in Washington state.  We all have a connection in that we all lived there.  In fact, Celeste graduated from Juanita High... my high school's arch rival!  Shelly's husband worked for Boeing, so they lived in the area for several years, too.

I'll have to do this again.