It's been a long time since I've hung out with friends from college... with kids and families and complicated work schedules it's much harder to coordinate a reunion than it used to be. But when a good friend who normally lives 12 hours away spends a week at a killer lake house in the same state you live in, it's go time! The Downers drove over to our house to spend Saturday night, and then we all caravaned over to Wolfeboro to the house the Lefraks rented on Lake Winnipesaukee on Sunday. Becky came up from Cambridge too, which meant everyone "local" to NH was there except poor Tim who is recovering from back surgery. 
Saturday afternoon and night were an adventure in and of themselves. Aiden learned that you can't hang out with 5 girls under the age of ten without getting a little bit crraaaz-eeee! We didn't have actual beds enough to sleep everyone, so we popped up a tent in the backyard for the overflow. Aiden, Michaela, Livvy and I volunteered to sleep in the "wilds" of the backyard - everyone thought there'd be mass exodus back to the house after it got dark but I'm proud to say that we were all brave enough to stay out all night, even despite the ghost stories! There was a lot of silliness in the tent before sleeping occurred but it did finally settle down. The only incident during the nighttime involved Livvy being convinced that we'd all switched sleeping directions without informing her- she was determined to put her pillow pet on Michaela's bum and her legs on Aiden's back, which caused a bit of turmoil for a few moments.
At Lake Winnipesaukee there was an abundance of swimming, lounging, food, and beer. There was even some waterskiing, though the waves near the rental house were huge (there are some big-ass boats on Winnipesaukee!) We got to meet Malcolm (Allison's hubby) and Luke and Harper (their kids) for the first time too, since we missed their wedding in DC 4 years ago. It was an amazing day, long overdue. We all agreed to plan another reunion soon, especially since the NYC-area contingent was absent at this one.
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