meeting michelle d.

Something fun happened this past week! I got to meet our Michelle D. from Up North, with whom I have been corresponding for about six years.

Up North! And I got to meet her! 

{Trivia fact: Michelle D. came up with the name "suziebeezieland" when I was trying to think of a name for this blog, several years ago.}

She and her husband and boys have been down in our neck of the woods (there are no woods, but "neck of the beach" sounds weird) this month, and so Claire and I drove down to see them one afternoon.

Michelle and I spent a very nice time visiting while the kids played in the pool, and then we all had a delicious dinner, cooked by Mr. Michelle. :) It was so nice. 

I love her and I want her to stay here, but she stubbornly insists on returning to Canada, as if Canada is all that.

Then last night, our Susie S. and our Jenny L. and their kids all came to our house, and then Michelle and Mr. Michelle and their kids came up, and Susie and Jenny got to also meet Michelle. (Susie and Jenny already know each other.) (And they already know me.) (It's complicated.)

But now we all know each other, and the kids all know each other, and it's lovely.

We all had dinner and visited. It was so good to see Susie and Jenny again (it has been a long time), and we had so much fun.

There were nine kids and six adults. I was kind of bowled over by how well-behaved and sweet all the kids were. It was a really good group. We do not have a big house, but they all played so well, and were really cute.

The adults behaved really well, too, mostly. :D

{photo by Mr. Michelle + Susie S.}