Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, and the other's gold.
This was a silver and gold kind of weekend.
This weekend was a weekend full of friendships.
New friendships.
Old friendships.
New friendships that already feel like old friendships.
Friday afternoon we met and swam with friends at our neighborhood pool, and then spontaneously decided to have a pizza dinner together at their house. We put Abby to bed in their pack n play, sat around in sweats with post-pool hair, and had good conversation while the older kids played together. We ended up hanging out until 9:30pm. This is a comfortable and easy friendship. These friends hold my baby, host with graciousness and generosity, and live close enough to qualify as neighbors too.
Proximity and spontaneity are great things for a friendship.
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| Abby trying to avoid being put to bed Friday night. |
Then on Saturday morning we ventured 45 minutes north with two families to visit a petting zoo we had heard a lot about. This place definitely received WAY more hype than it deserves, but the kids had a great time. And more importantly we made memories with friends. Building new friendships takes time, and an important part of that time is making memories.
"Remember that time we drove 45 minutes with 6 kids under the age of 6 (and gas was $4.29 a gallon), to visit a teeny tiny petting zoo with a bazillion other people from Orange County...and then had a nice picnic while the kids played their hearts out at a park...that was a fun day."
Memories.
New adventures and making memories are so important for friendships.
On Sunday afternoon some of our closest friends from our 7 years in Colorado pulled into Disneyland on their family-vacation-road trip. We drove up to meet them at their hotel and spent the afternoon swimming, walking around Downtown Disney, eating dinner, and simply enjoying being together again.
These are friends who really know us...and we really know them. We lived alongside this couple for a long and important period in our life. We knew each other pre-kids, and now the kids are about to out-number the adults (when their third baby comes in August). These are friends who showed up at our door with food, tears, and hugs on our darkest day. These are friends who invited our perspective and prayer while they struggled with a recent major life decision. We miss these friends a whole lot, and it was really great to see them.
History and loyalty make friendships deep and rich.
I'm heading to bed on this Sunday night filled up by friendships,
and incredibly thankful for all the amazing people in our life.
We are so blessed.
