Virginia is for Lovers

Coming from a family that moved to a different state every 4-5 years or so, I never had those friends that I knew since kindergarten, or those people that I grew up with since I was 2 years old. Mind you, I would never change moving around often for ANYTHING; it's made me who I am and taught me so much. BUT it also means that I don't have many friends that I've known for most of my life.

Except one, who I got to see this weekend during my trip down to Richmond, VA; this one:

Meet my longest friend, Lauren. Friends since 5th grade, baby! That's just awesome to me. Beautiful. I haven't seen her in five years, we talk occasionally,  but every time we reunite it's like no time has passed at all. I don't know how friends like this happen, but I'm sure glad they do.

Lauren and I lived 4 houses down from each other from 5th grade to 9th grade. We were able to meet up with our other neighbor growing up, Jeb. After 4 years of riding the bus and walking home from school together every day, dinner ensured that nothing had changed. We caught up, reminisced, and laughed like we were in middle school again (only a bit older and more mature).

The trip to Richmond included dinner, downtown Richmond, and Belle Isle on the James River. Oh, and I can't forget the stop-off in Northern VA to see my now 5-months pregnant, yet still beautiful, sister :)

Needless to say this weekend was a great weekend. Now, workin' for the next one...