Better late than never...

I'm behind as usual with this online journal of my family's life. But I am a firm believer in the truth in the title of this post, and so I will continue on. This one actually has dual meaning...

A couple weeks ago, we fully utilized our close proximity of Em and Logan Cotter (Furler) to take advantage of this portal into the Furler family. I've been joking with Em, hoping that she doesn't feel like I use her to see the rest of her family, and I'm hoping that Milo and I have been spending enough time with just Em and Drew to make that real, but nevertheless, we took advantage of them again. First for Sue, now for Sarah, Kyle, and Livy.

Sarah and I are 2 of the middle daughters in this McGurfer conglomerate, so we tended to spend the most time together growing up. Common interests of epic computer games (Kings Quest of course being the favorite) and legos, sealed the deal. Unfortunately as we've grown into adults, we've been far apart geographically and not able to see each other very often, or at all. Crazy enough, or maybe not so crazy as I always seemed to be following her as a kid, we married within weeks of each other, her in July, me in August, and then had our kids within months, Livy born in April, Milo in June. But we haven't seen each other since we've had babies.

Em was a gracious host, and we played together, trying to make friends with each other's kids; I think Livy is still a little wary of this crazy lady, but I'll win her over :) Drew and Livy were on much more similar nap schedules, so it seemed like Milo was often sleeping when they were awake, but we managed some good kid time. The six adults played a game reminiscent of ourchildhood in the Furler household, a great train game called Ticket to Ride, and Sarah smashed all of us. Then, so familiar to me and Sarah, everyone else went to bed, and she and I talked until the wee hours of the morning. Sarah is still the most staunch night owl I know. Most of us in our old age ;), can stay up late, but generally find a happy medium, but Sarah still doesn't seem tohit her stride until about 10 or 11 at night, and is really her best after midnight. It was great though, catching up on each other's lives, laughing and comparing notes as moms.

I've really loved getting to know the Furlers again as adults. I know them because we share history; I know where they come from and where they've been. But it's like starting the next book in the series when we hang out as adults: the characters are all the same, the history is still there, but our characters have continued to grow and change as our families have grown and changed. I will always love Sarah, and she'll always be one of my closest friends, as we add years and kids to our lives. And it's fun to get to know Em as an adult, to catch up on a few thingsI might have missed because I was just a little older, and to see her as a mom and wife, especially as we're both at home with our kids.

Post Note: No idea what's going on with my font and underlining... Maybe it'll just magically be right again on the next post... Hopefully...