the old gang and their kidsMay brought several old friends of mine from NC down to Florida. Well, actually, one lives in Tampa with her family. Due to Facebook, I've reconnected with lots of old friends and as they've come to Orlando we've been able to get together. My kids think it's funny and really only have fun if my friends have young kids too. Thankfully, some of them do. The most recent visit was from Stephanie and Brian and their sons Turner and Will. Our mutual friend Britt lives in Tampa with her husband Doug and son Cole. These are women I have known since I was in 8th grade or so. We were in 4-H together, we all rode horses and we all went to the same junior and senior high school (they were all younger than me though). They are Britt and Cole came over one Saturday and we met Steph and her family at the Polynesian where they were staying. We spent the afternoon in the pool catching up with each other. Mostly it was me catching up since I had gone to college out of state and then moved down here. I hadn't seen Britt until very recently and didn't even know she lived in FL until a few months ago. Steph was down here on business but I hadn't seen her since our wedding in '96. It was so fun to meet their kids (Turner is Riley's age, Will is 15 months, and Cole is 23 months) and spend time together. I hope we'll be able to get together again. It would have been even better if Steph's twin sister Jenn had been able to come, plus our other friend Wendy. I'm excited for the next time I go home as I have even more people I need to see! Plus, I'm sure living in a vacation hot spot, I'll have even more opportunities to get together with old buddies!
Steph and her family
Britt's son Cole
Turner and Riley - once they got over being shy and the whole boy/girl thing they got along great and had SO much fun in the pool and on the slide
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