Anyone that knows us KNOWS that a piece of our hearts/lives broke in half when Roger and Lara Brown moved their family to Massachusetts 5 years ago.
We have vacationed to their house, or met in Orlando, more times than ANY other place combined. Our kids used to think they were cousins, for crying out loud.
They came to South Florida for Thanksgiving and we got to spend the entire day today with them.... Who needs Black Friday when you can have a Brown Friday??
We had such a great day at the beach, even bumped into old friends, that I HAD to post the pictures. But I dug up some OLD Pics from our 2009 visit to the beach together. I'm a sucker for the then-and-now comparisons.
Then... Fall, 2009. (Wade, Meredith, Elena, Olivia and Ryan)
Now... 2012 (Paige, Meredith, Olivia, Wade, Elena, & Ryan)
We must love lining them up on the sea wall for a shot.... Tradition
In fact, we line then up everywhere. (MA... Summer 2009)
And today... We're still lining them up.
Since ALL of our visits involve food... We take lots of table shots.
Summer, 2009 ( Meredith, Ryan & Elena)
And tonight....
Paige... First trip to beach was with them 2009
And today.... She still hates to get wet.
Wade... 2009
Today... That water was pretty warm, too.
Meredith... Then.
And now...
So cheesy, but I love this stuff.
Why you do not eat food on the beach..... Those birds WILL find you.
Done with beach and birds, we went to the hotel pool.
Me and my forever friend....
While there we ran into our old work colleague, Laura Rowe. She trained me after nursing school in 1991 & Lara after nursing school in 1993.
It was like old-home week. We must've spent over an hour catching up.
Fun at the pool...
Dinner was at their hotel, the Marriott (Hollywood). They had a a cutebeachside restaurant.
(Paige tried SO hard to lean in for the shot)
We were joined for dinner, by Lara's mom, Carolyn and Pat Forsythe, both of whom used to work with us when Lara and I were getting our feet wet as nurses,
(next time, I'll remember sunblock.... Hurting now)
It was SO nice to see them both, as usual..
Thanks for looking.
(We really did have a great afternoon NOT shopping. Our Brown Friday was fantastic.)
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