A Good Weekend

I knew I would enjoying living back in NH, but this weekend was the epitome of how great it is to be here again. I spent the weekend seeing friends and family and it was great!! Friday night I was invited to dinner at the McNallys - Mary and I went to high school together and we've kept in email touch the last few years, but haven't seen each other since our 10 year high school reunion in 2004. I had never met Mary's husband Matt and her kids Emma and Ian and it was great to get to know them and put personalities with the pictures I had seen from Mary's updates. It was a great evening - yummy food (Matt made an amazing tofu/peanut sauce/asparagus dish), good wine, and great company. It was so nice to catch up with Mary and we marveled at the fact that we are both living in Sunapee. A guy we went to high school with lives here too, so it is amazing to me that three kids from Epping ended up in Sunapee, of all places! Thanks to Mary and Matt and the kids for a great night - I look forward to hanging out with you guys again soon!

Saturday was Eloise's 3rd birthday and I headed up to camp to celebrate with the Moore/Fairbairn clan. It is always great to be with them and Eloise was very happy with her birthday party. Here she is checking out the cute Webkinz I got her - yes, I'm up on my popular kids' toys, thanks to the Moore kids. And I'm happy to report that ALL the Moore kids are finally a fan of me. It took Emerson a few years, but I think he is my buddy now. Alex and Eloise have always thought I was pretty fun, but Emerson was never my biggest fan (he didn't love that I would come visit and sleep in his playroom, which meant he had to clean up his Legos). Tides have turned lately and Emerson and I are loving each other a lot more these days. He even told Jean that I was part of the family. I'm in!!!

I rounded out the weekend by meeting my brother for dinner at the Common Man in Concord. Marc and I haven't hung out just the two of us in a while, so it was nice to spend some time together. We caught up on all kinds of things over yummy Common Man food and beer. It was a great way to end a fabulous weekend!