Two Very Different Weekends

I left Andy and the kids for the second annual Sacandaga Lake Colgate Ladies Reunion last weekend- Becky and I drove up to Glens Falls, NY where picked up Aly and joined Lisa, Allison and Whitney at Whitney's camp on Great Sacandaga Lake.  Nicole was notably absent, due to a recent knee surgery which left her in no condition to travel 7 hours in a cramped car.  We missed Nicole, but we had a wonderful and relaxing weekend, doing nothing more than eating and lazing about by the lake.  We barely even had any wine, well, at least compared to our college days- but we ate like crazy.  We had a pancake breakfast with fresh strawberries, Lisa prepared a delicious lunch of soba noodles with fried tofu and beansprouts and a side of miso soup, and we grilled veggies and meats and ate them mexican-style with soft tacos for dinner.  Oh, and the cheeses- so many delicious cheeses, since Whitney lives near a gourmet cheese shop in NYC.

And other than that we talked. And talked.  About lives and jobs and kids and siblings and parents and nephews and nieces, about travel and summer plans and whatever the future holds for each of us.  There was a lot of reminiscing too, but I think for decorum's sake I won't get into that.  I'm very grateful to be able to reconnect like this with these good friends every year- it's a real gift for all of us.

Andy's weekend was, of course, very different than mine.  He spent the weekend entertaining and corralling the kids, and as always he did a great job of it.  He took them out for Korean food at Yama, and then to a summer music festival, the June Jam at Musterfield Farm.  On Sunday the three of them road-tripped to Gloucester for Phoebe's third birthday party, at the Glostah Deans' new house.  The kids got to spend time with Grandma Sally, Ciara, and lots of Pfaffenbach kids in addition to Phoebe and Fisher, and they came back happy and tired.  When Aiden walked in the door to greet me, he was talking non-stop about squid fishing and how Uncle Micah said they can be caught in Gloucester Harbor, at night, with lights, and jigs, and when can we go, Mom? When? When?  Since then it's been squid squid squid- so we will see if the coming weeks bring us back to Gloucester for this new adventure!

the birthday girl!