We spent last week on the outer banks at the SIGBeer 2007 reunion. There were something like 12 adults and 15 kids in one big beach house. We had a great time… it was good to catch up with people, some of whom I haven’t seen in several years. Christopher was the perfect age to start to enjoy the beach, even if the water was freezing cold. He started to warm up to the other kids some, although I’m sure they didn’t notice. 
Last Saturday John, Sarah, and Jonas were all in Charlottesville, so the Englers hosted a get-together at their house. This coincided well with Christopher’s activation the following Monday, so we decided to head up on Friday and stay at Dorothy’s parents’ house through Tuesday.
There were an amazing number of kids. Nearly every couple had at least one, and several had more than one. How things change so fast… It wasn’t long ago that we were all singl eat the Greenskeeper contemplating mixers with the nursing school.
Here’s the album. (Note: You’ll need to log in to see pictures of kids.):
It was really good to catch up with the Regehrs, and to finally meet Jonas, after 1.5 years!
Last weekend Dorothy and I drove to C’Ville to visit old friends and celebrate our anniversary.
For our anniversary, Dorothy suggested that we stay at the Doubletree, the place where we had our reception and stayed after the wedding. She suggested that we go visit all our old haunts… our old apartment, Champion Tutoring (where we met), etc. I also had a personal quest to visit all the good restaurants that I missed being in Williamsburg.
On Friday we had lunch with Kristin + Norm + the Beekwilder boys, Kim + Glenn + Sophia, and David + Rebecca + the Engler girls. Needless to say, there were a lot of baby carriers and accouterments. We went to C’Ville Coffee, probably the best kid-friendly place to get lunch in Charlottesville. (It wasn’t on my list of restaurants, but not a bad place to eat.)
Afterwards we stopped by the computer science department, where I saw my old advisor Kevin Sullivan and some other folks. We briefly turned their lounge into a nursery. We walked with Kim and Sophia, and Kristin and her boys to the corner for some frozen yogurt. On the way, we pushed our procession of baby carriers past the UVa chapel, where we were married.
For dinner we all met up at the Engler’s house for an impromptu cookout.
At the hotel, it seemed like there was some sort of “Tiny Miss” beauty pageant going on… Lots of vanity plates on minivans in the parking lot.
The next morning I dashed out to the new Bodo’s Bagels on the corner for breakfast. 10 years in the making, it was a running joke that we had to graduate from grad school before it opened. After we packed up, Dorothy and I met up with Dorothy’s dad and brother Daniel for coffee.
For lunch, we met our friend Anh at Thai 99. That’s the second restaurant on my list… I told them that they should open a restaurant in Williamsburg, so that I could fulfill my regular Thai cravings.
After lunch Anh took us to a new gelato place on the Downtown Mall. It was yummy. Afterwards, we said bye to Anh and drove over to Champion Tutoring, but our old boss Audrey wasn’t there since it was Saturday. We also stopped by our old apartment, but it seemed like either our standards improved, or the neighborhood went downhill–probably a little of both.
Finally, in the afternoon we drove out to Crozet to Glenn and Kim’s new house. There we met up with Nuts, Rashmi, and Mallige. After hanging out for a while, we all went to Crozet Pizza for dinner.
Photos of the trip:
Last weekend we drove up to Germantown, MD to visit Nuts and Rashmi (and their new baby Mallige). They are friends of ours from graduate school. Both are high-level software developers as small companies in the DC area. Last December Mallige (”mull-i-gay”) was born, and they are having a lot of fun with her.
Christopher spent most of his time sleeping, as usual. That said, I did get a movie and picture of him, which I have put into the Week 6 album:
Here are the week 6 pictures: