The Elliotts Come Home

Tonight, the Rob, Ann Marie and Ayden Elliott - our old friends from the neighborhood - came over for dinner.  They moved to Forest Hills a few months ago and even though they're only 10 or 15 minutes away, it's just not the same as having them live two blocks down from us.  It was so great to see them and to get to spend some time together.

It's funny, but sometimes in life (if you're lucky) you find a couple or a family that you feel comfortable with - somehow you just fit together with little of no real effort.  I think that kind of relationship is special, partly because it's so rare and often fleeting.  That's the way I feel about Rob and Ann Marie (and Ayden).  We seem to share a lot in common with them, not the least of which is the fact we both had children relatively late in life and, for that reason, we're kind of figuring things out as we go.  It's almost like we've known them for years, even though that's not the case.

We shared a nice meal together, drank some wine, watched the kids play and laughed a lot.  You know, you can't ask for much more than that, can you?