I would like to thank my wife Kerry for letting me serve as a guest blogger this week. She does a great job with this blog so I really feel special. Speaking of special, we packed up the kids in the car and headed north last weekend to visit some very dear friends Brian and Meg Hutchinson in Norfolk, Virginia. These are not your typical "dear friends" these folks are truly special. These are people we lived with, shared a dog (RIP Rusty) with, drank cheap wine with, argued over spades with, played NCAA college football video games with, ate Japanese food with and last but certainly not least joined awkward church life groups with. Nawfuhk is a great historic town off the Chesapeake Bay. The town has a military feel and the weather is outstanding this time of year. I really think men would go to war over the breeze that comes off the Bay. We spent the majority of the ride up laughing about old times and funny stories we shared in Jacksonville, FL with Brian and Meg and teaching Brennan the names of the Hutchinson kids. We repeated Cole and Bailey over and over again especially since Brennan didn't sleep for the entire six hour trip. Sometimes when you haven't spent much time with people in a few years it is hard to pick up where you left off - things have changed and people have changed. This wasn't the case with Brian and Meg it was like nothing had changed. They welcomed us into their beautiful home with open arms. We played pirates on the front porch and Brennan even let Cole tie him up, Kerry and Meg took the kids to get treats at the Marina and Hutch took Brennan and Cole on an awesome Kayak ride that Brennan is still talking about. We played on the beach, jumped in the pool, ate amazing lasagna and had the best Michael Jackson tribute dance party you could ever imagine - Bailey is a much better dancer than her parents. Cole even taught Brennan how to play the drums and Brennan loved it so much he screamed every time! The entire trip was a blast and made us realize we miss our friends tons.
Before we knew it was time to pack up and head home, we truly have some great couple friends in our lives but the Hutchinson's will always have a special place in our hearts. Until next time ... keep the skinny dip beer flowing and the "Man in the Mirror" on the radio.
Steven
