Weekend of Old Friends

Josh took off for Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon so he could lend his support to his friend, Sue, who was involved in that horrible car accident in Georgia with her family just after Christmas. Josh met up with a good sized group of his Notre Dame friends in Pittsburgh to attend the funeral for their little boy, Sean. It was emotionally devastating and exhausting but they all made it through. Josh was pleasantly surprised to see that the family is physically healing well. They still have a long road ahead of them but they are at least now back home among friends and family.

While Josh was still in Pittsburgh until Saturday evening, Quincy was fortunate enough to spend the day with one of his oldest and closest friends here at home. James moved to Salt Lake City, Utah from Batesville in 2005 and Quincy has seen him only a handful of times since. James was in the area for a swim meet this weekend so we made the effort to get the boys together. It was great fun to see how big they both now are and to see them pick up with their friendship just where they left off 4 1/2 years ago.

Max had a grand weekend playing with his best preschool buddy. When we first moved back here, Max truly hardly remembered anyone as we had left Batesville when he was only 5 years old. However, he and Matthew were good friends as toddlers and are now back to being just as close or closer than they were before. Max had a sleepover at Matthew's on Friday night and then the two of them spent the day here together on Saturday. They had a ball.

I tried my hand at making my own Gallette des Rois for the first time. It turned out beautifully and with Calvin under the table this time, we all had fun yet again with this tradition. We paired this with our absolutely favorite French meal of Blanquette de Veau. We are now all stuffed and ready for bed.