Neighbors

Such a lovely evening we had!  We spent the eveing with our neighbors.  They have two young children and they are a bit...ok, well a lot younger than us.  But they invited us over to thank us for watching their house while they were away.  They were away for a month and a half!!  And it was in the middle of our play, so it wasn't really an easy thing to do.  But it was a giving thing to do.  And honestly, they are just nice people and they deserved it. 

So they thanked us by offering us dinner.  It was a sweet, simple dinner.  We brough salad...lettuce from our garden, parsely from our garden, blue berries from both our garden and our CSA, peppers from the store, and some feta and salad dressing.  It was a lovely medley of goodness.  And they made really good...and I do mean REALLY good, cross cut beef ribs and some lovely bread.  I made a bit of a pig of myself with the meat.  It is rare that I do that, but it was that good.  We sat in their cute yard and talked and drank beer and wine.  The kids had their own table and they had a blast.  They were running around and chasing each other.  Really good KID stuff.  I hadn't realized that my husband hadn't really talked to them before.  He mentioned this morning that he didn't know their names.... :-)  Community...building community.  It takes time.  It is worth it.