Dubalicious

Today, we drove to Richmond to meet up with Johan, Cindy, Summer and Landon Duba. They came down for the weekend so that Johan could run a half-marathon as part of the Richmond Marathon, which was held today. He managed to finish in the time he had been shooting for - go Johan! We met up with them after the marathon at the Children's Museum, where all the kids went ADHD on us. It was a fun, if not half-crazed, experience. It was particularly fun to watch Nora and Landon bond while Summer went off and did more "grown up" things. After the museum, we took the kids across the street to McDonald's for dinner, during which Nora interrupted our conversation about Mike to inform us that Mike and Johan were "best friends," which was quite endearing. (I had given her a brief history of Mike & Johan before we left Norfolk). During our dinner, I also heard Cindy remind her kids that "you get what you get, and you don't get upset," which is a line that Nora and I learned (and now recite) from the "Pinkalicious" book that Daddy sent from the ship. Small world. After dinner, we headed over to the Duba's hotel for a swim in the pool, where Summer showed off her swimming skills and the rest of us had a grand ol' time splashing around. We are so lucky to have such good friends and to know that we probably living close to them again very soon! KEEP READING...there's another blog entry after this about last night!