Thats What Friends Are For.

Saturday had us running around like mad. It was Eli's first soccer game and the Beaumont School Community Fair. Both were great but I got a bad farmer sunburn from being out in the sun. Why cant I tan like the rest of my family?

Saturday was the first time Finn had been back to Beaumont since he started at St. Francis. Seamus has gone to baseball practices at Beaumont, but yesterday was the first day that either kid saw their old teachers and friends at their old school. I was nervous. Its only been recently that the boys have appeared resigned to the fact that they are not going back to Beaumont. It took them months to stop asking me to put them back with their friends. Thankfully, they got through the event fine. At first they acted pensive - like they werent sure how to behave. This was particularly true with Seamus. Finn sees his buddies weekly at soccer, but Seamus hadnt seen some of his friends in almost a year. I think he was a little anxious, but once everyone became reunited they got along great. I love how at ease boys can be. They dont over analyze things like girls tend to do. Boys jump in head first and deal with any issues as they present themselves.


After the Community Fair we went over to celebrate my childhood friend's birthday. Lorena and I met in third grade at St. Francis. We've been friends a long time and I was excited to hear that her husband was throwing her a surprise birthday party. All my old friends and their spouses were there: Linnea, Jen, Neil, Darci,Rob, Gina, Keith, Erin and Anthony. We had a great time! Here are a couple pics.


Tomorrow Seamus leaves for Astocamp. He will be gone for three days. It goes without saying that Im nervous as hell to see him go. This will be the first time Seamus will be leaving us overnight with strangers. Please think of us tomorrow. We will need all the good vibes we can get.