Birds of a Feather

I am not the type to have "lots" of friends. At every stage of my life thus far, I've had a handful of really good, close friends. In high school, it was Christy. We were nearly inseparable. We were together every spare moment at school, and out of school. We even stranded ourselves together in a snow storm once and spent 3 days of no school at her house!

After high school, when the rhythms of our lives changes, we were separated geographically. She moved north for schooling, I moved south after getting married. Inevitably, we lost touch. Prior to our reconnection 2 years ago, we hadn't seen each other or spoken to each other for 10 years. I often thought of her and wondered where life had taken her, I searched as much as I could. Her family had relocated away from our home town, and I had no idea if her name had changed through marriage (and yes...it had!). Two years ago, through the power of the internet, we were miraculously reconnected. I will never forget that day, catching up on 10 years of time lost between us. It was like only a moment had passed! As I learned of the struggles she and her husband had been through, it sounded all too much like our life challenges. We decided now was the time we were meant to be a support to each other. Turns out, her older son is only a few months younger than Kai! That was the biggest (and happiest) shock of all! We immediately started looking for opportunities to get them together.

As sheer luck our have it, we've now been able to see them 2 times in the past 5 months! What a treat! Our first visit was last fall when we went to Disneyland, and the second was just a few weeks ago after disembarking our cruise ship! We spent a fun day at their house while waiting for our flight home! Let me tell you... our boys could not be better buds. At their first meeting last fall, they hit it right off and were running around together, squealing with delight after only a few seconds! This time was no different. They are so alike in so many ways, it is so fun for them to see each other, and great for Christy and I to know that our very active sons are totally normal! Enjoy the pictures of our day together.

Kai and his buddy Wiley

Holding hands... adorable!

What good is water if you don't get wet??

Me, Christy and their other cutie Ivan.