Saturday with Friends

Last weekend was a busy one!  I had to work both Friday and Sunday nights, which always makes the weekend seem very short.  But we certainly packed the non-work time full of fun!  At lunchtime on Saturday, Hillary, Jeff and Graham came over.  This gathering is one that we've been trying to plan for eons; between the four of us grown-ups, one of us always seems to be working on a given weekend.  Well, actually, Hillary was working that day--she was in town giving a presentation to the alumni board, and the timing worked out well enough that her boys came down with her and they spent some time with us.

Graham is at a really fun stage--crawling, getting into everything, playing hide-and-seek, flirting--just generally adorable.  It was really awesome to see Hillary and Jeff with him too.  They are so in love with that kid!!  Graham thought Nathan and his trucks were pretty great, and Natalie had a blast watching the big boys play and wishing she could join in.

Just boys hanging out playing monster trucks.

A smile from my sweet girl.

Giving Mommy a kiss!

Mommy is SO funny! :)

I love his pink cheeks. What a sweetie!

Nathan commandeered Jeff, plopping in his lap and demanding that he read.  Jeff was very sweet to oblige. :)

On Saturday evening we went over to Becky and Andy's house for dinner.  They cooked up some delicious ciopinno, which is a seafood stew famous in San Francisco.  It had cod, mussels, shrimp, tomatoes, and other stuff that I'm forgetting--it was spicy and absolutely delicious!  Nathan, Hannah and Leah spent a ton of time playing downstairs in the playroom, which meant that they had fun and so did the grown-ups.  We were actually able to have uninterrupted conversation!  Hannah was very sweet with Nathan, she played with him the whole night.  Natalie was a peach, as usual, and snuggled with her daddy.

Toddy and his baby girl

Nathan immediately located the one vehicle in the sea of girl toys

The kiddos at dinner

So glamorous!