Last night was a little girls' night with girls I've been friends with for 18 years. I met Sallie, Becky, Jill, and Cassie (and Jess who we wished was there but was in GA instead) when I transferred to Stonewall Jackson my sophomore year of high school. We all still keep in touch and get together whenever we can, and last night we got together at Jill's house since Becky and Cassie were in town.
Jill was running a test kitchen of sorts on us, but it was more like we got served awesome food for doing nothing but talk, laugh, and have fun. Jill is going to start teaching cooking classes in the near future for a friend's new business venture, so she was trying out recipes on us to get our feedback. She (and her husband, Mark, who did all the clean-up) did an awesome job, and we tasted great dishes that she prepared and then is going to give us the recipes for.
Since Mark is in Chicago, my girls' night had to include bringing two little girls with me. Nina was so excited to see Jonathan. It was cute because when we first walked in the door, her comment to Jonathan was, "Wow, you look so grown up." They played hard all night.
I had to include this picture of Nina and her "new" smile. She's always smiled the same way - eyes barely open, big smile, and head turned to the side. You guys see the blog, you know what I'm talking about. However, when she actually knows she's getting her picture taken lately, this is how she's been "smiling". Too funny. 
It ended up being ok that my little girls were there because Jill's kids were there, Becky brought her oldest and Sallie brought her youngest, and Cassie's two boys came with her husband for awhile, so there was plenty of kids to play with. We were laughing at one point how it seems a little weird, but cute, that we now have kids who have their own little relationships and friendships with the other kids of our friends. 
Jill was running a test kitchen of sorts on us, but it was more like we got served awesome food for doing nothing but talk, laugh, and have fun. Jill is going to start teaching cooking classes in the near future for a friend's new business venture, so she was trying out recipes on us to get our feedback. She (and her husband, Mark, who did all the clean-up) did an awesome job, and we tasted great dishes that she prepared and then is going to give us the recipes for.
Since Mark is in Chicago, my girls' night had to include bringing two little girls with me. Nina was so excited to see Jonathan. It was cute because when we first walked in the door, her comment to Jonathan was, "Wow, you look so grown up." They played hard all night.
I had to include this picture of Nina and her "new" smile. She's always smiled the same way - eyes barely open, big smile, and head turned to the side. You guys see the blog, you know what I'm talking about. However, when she actually knows she's getting her picture taken lately, this is how she's been "smiling". Too funny. It ended up being ok that my little girls were there because Jill's kids were there, Becky brought her oldest and Sallie brought her youngest, and Cassie's two boys came with her husband for awhile, so there was plenty of kids to play with. We were laughing at one point how it seems a little weird, but cute, that we now have kids who have their own little relationships and friendships with the other kids of our friends. Becky's daughter turned three yesterday, so we had a little cake and sang Happy Birthday.
By the end of the night, we were sufficiently full, the kids were up late and playing in their PJs, and Jill's house, which started out so clean and calm, was now covered with dishes and toys, but we had so much fun, and it's awesome to still have good friends from so long ago.
By the end of the night, we were sufficiently full, the kids were up late and playing in their PJs, and Jill's house, which started out so clean and calm, was now covered with dishes and toys, but we had so much fun, and it's awesome to still have good friends from so long ago.
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