Unbeknownst to us at the time, they had been talking about also doing a two year international tour. The way he tells the story, prior to coming to visit us he was pro move and she was unsure then on the flight home she said, ‘I had the best time. Let’s move.’ And about a year and a half later, they moved to Switzerland. They, however, forgot the “two year tour” part of it and have stayed in Europe ever since.
Though we’ve missed them dearly for the time we’ve lived in Texas, we are glad that they’re only about an hour away from us now so get togethers can be a little more frequent.
The day we’d chosen was 50/50 on the weather forecast. It was either going to be gorgeous or it was going to pour. Even the morning we were meeting, no weather person could decide. So we decided to go to the park with lake access near their house so if the downpour did start we’d have a quick plan b to swap to.
We got there & apparently all the natives heeded the 50/50 warnings as we were the only ones in the park. Which just meant we could take over the lake access.
After dipping our feet in the water (or whole bodies if you’re under 8), we had a great picnic and caught up on the last 11 years or so like we’d never been apart (or gained 4 children since we’d spent any significant time together).
We played a Swiss lawn bowling type game that the Young’s had brought.
Thankfully the weather 120% cooperated with our plans and it turned out to be a gorgeous day in the sun.
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