ellie and steve

we had some friends from seattle over for dinner last night. these friends have a long history with jeff and a slightly shorter history with me:

jeff worked with steve and ellie at an ad agency in baltimore when he graduated from college (steve actually hired him).
steve and ellie moved to seattle.
steve offered jeff a job in seattle.
jeff moved to seattle to work for steve.
i worked at a different ad agency in seattle with ellie.
they thought we might like each other and arranged for us to play on the same softball team.
jeff liked me, i thought he was sort of a dork.
we dated, fell in love, got married, moved to maryland and had two kids.

throughout the years, we've all stayed in touch and managed to see each other when we can. the last time we saw them was about 3 years ago so this was their first time meeting jack.

it was great to see them. every time ellie and i see each other, we laugh because when she first met me i was 24 years old and swore up, down, sideways and backwards that i wasn't getting married and i certainly wasn't having children. now i'm a stay-at-home mom who drives a minvan and lives in the suburbs with her husband, two kids and dog. but i'm happy and she's happy for me. (but we still laugh about it)

we ate dinner on the back porch last night. we drank and ate and laughed. i like that i'm old enough to have 'old friends' (not that they're OLD, just old friends. you know what i mean).