Mommy's Reunion

Well, nigh on ten years ago, I was in graduate school with about 30 lovely ladies and one nice young man. That's how speech therapists roll. My class was wonderful. Funny, compassionate, inspiring people, for sure. And we've managed to stay in touch, mostly! Since it had been TEN YEARS since we graduated, we decided to throw together an reunion this summer! A HUGE thank you to the ladies that organized us! We had such fun!

First up we had a potluck-ish, family picnic at a great park in the State College area! It had a playground, wading stream, and sand pit! All great fun, I assure you! C&G have been wanting to go wading FOREVER, but we can never seem to get ourselves together to get it done....until last weekend! I should add, it was not WARM that day. And the water was FREEZING. Oh well, can't deter a determined three year old.


(Mostly dry, here)


(Less dry, more wet)



(Threw a shoe)


(And totally wet now. And shivering. But not giving up the fun.)






A huge THANKS to the Foor kiddos, Alina, Maddie, and Nicholas for wading in and out and up and down with Colin and Gillian. Big kids are FUN. Especially the Foor kids!

Colin and Addison having to fun in the mud.


I wish you could hear the shrieking and giggling this involved. It was pretty contagious.

Ok, finally we them out of the water, dried off, and changed. And off for more fun.


We managed to get some group shots too.

Fourteen out of 30 isn't too shabby, right? I had so much fun talking and catching up with everyone. They are still the same wonderful ladies, just with 10 more years of life under their belts!

And one of the kiddos. So many beautiful, happy kids. Makes me smile to see them all together! And there are three sets of twins in this shot. And two sets aren't there! So, YES, FIVE sets of twins out of 30-32 people. We are just too cool. No one has a set of boy-boy twins yet, so there's hope for more!


Finally we got our tired, grimy kids out of the park and stopped for a quick tour of my department's SHINY NEW clinic on campus (thanks, Dr. Finke!) and then off to our hotel.



Those kids were TIRED. We managed to get some dinner into them and Daddy with minimal screaming. Not NO screaming, just minimal screaming. Then bath and bed. And then Mama headed OUT for a fun dinner with my classmates! Thankfully Daddy was gracious enough to stay in the dark, quiet hotel room with passed out kiddos!

It was a fabulous day, if I say so myself. I so enjoyed it. I hope it's not 10 years before we do it again!!!

Up next, more fun in State College!