Club Lerore, you ask? Well that goes back 10 years to a time when we were actually living in the same apartment with our good friends, the Lorenzens. Kristen & I were begging our hubbies to take us dancing one night, but seeing as how they would always rather sit at home in comfy clothes and talk about the "good old days", we had to bring dancing to us. With the help of a boom box and a radio station, we combined our names and "Club Lorore" was born. It has since gone out of business, but the memories of that night live on.
So we went to see them this past weekend, and were anxious to see their new house. It's quietly nestled on 5 wooded acres on a very private lot and it's beautiful!!
We had so much fun catching up...Nate and Kristen are like good wine. They only get better with age, great to kick back and relax with. The "relax" part only exists at night, of course, as we now have 6 kids between us, so the days are mostly filled with "unrelaxing" activities such as...constantly feeding the starving children, strapping in-line skates on the excited children, unstrapping in-line skates off the exhausted children, wiping the snotty noses that stream down the children, peeling "Finn" the biting puppy off of my screaming children, and so on and so forth. And somehow, in one remarkable turn of events, Kristen & I managed to sneak in a little thrift store shopping one afternoon. Woo Hoo!!
But the evening was when we got our reward...
- sitting close to the warm, crackling fire
- playing endless hands of Rook
- laughing at the same Tombstone and Andy Griffith quotes that never seem to get old
- talking about hair loss and weight gain
- dreaming big dreams together
- and last but obviously not least, laughing lots and lots.
It was good, good times.
So here's to a great weekend! And even though my kids missed their first (and probably last) snow in Alabama.... it was well worth it.
Love you guys!!
Peace, Love, & all that Jazz.
7 comments:
That sounds like so much fun! Kristen looks EXACTLY the same. Sooooo, any fun plans this year for Michelle's birthday?
hint, karaoke in the basement...
FUN! Im glad yall had such a good time and 5 acres - way cool!
So fun! I LOVE the picture of all your thrift store finds.
and to Kim...
Abbey is sponsoring my Birthday trip to Over the Rhine this year. She is the best gift giver ever! But, that WAS the best Birthday Party EVER!!! I think she had a lot of practice from Club Lalore.
Aw!! That makes me happy thinkning about that party! It was so fun! I just hate that Michelle looked like a cross-eyed Elton John in so many of my pictures.
But kim, my dad is turning 60 next week, and you're welcome to come to that party. I think we're going to eat and play some Rook.
I was going to say the same thing about Kristen looking exactly the same!
I hate that I missed last years birthday bash. I think we had company or something.
Maybe we could have a just because Missy missed it bash and you can get none Elton John pictures!
How fun!! You all look great. I love the picture of you all in front of the car. You should post the first picture from years back and this one too!
How do all the kids get along? Sounds like everyone had a blast. Is that your puppy or theirs?
hey Abbey! Yes, the scrub is the same from last year.
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