Nathan and Michele and Simon

Now that we live in New Jersey, my brother Nathan is only a three and a half hour drive away! Ok, that sounds like a lot to me too. But not to him. Last weekend, Nathan drove up with his little guy Simon to say hello and spend a couple of nights, and Michele came to join them the next afternoon.

We had a nice time walking around the woods, running errands, and trying to get Simon to take naps when he was supposed to. Simon didn't want to miss any excitement, so he didn't sleep in the early afternoon in the quiet apartment. Instead, he fell asleep a couple of hours later while riding through the woods seated on his dad's shoulders. It didn't look comfortable.

Me, I fell right asleep during Simon's nap time, and had to catch up with the party in the woods later. I think Simon and I both had good ideas about sleeping. That is, sleeping is good. Do it.

Nathan spent two years at Princeton in a previous life. So he took us on a tour.

We also went to one meeting of church together on Sunday. We happen to be attending church in Nathan's old church building. But when we went on Sunday, there was only one person Nathan recognized from eight years before. After the meeting, he went to talk to the guy, and it was confirmed. Yup. Everybody else has moved away! Complete turn over in eight years.

Interesting. A colleague of mine from G.O.D. University told me that the Princeton ward was really great. But I don't think he'd been there for even a longer time than Nathan. So the building is great, but none of them know any of the people anymore.

Except, ironically, my sister Deborah, who has never lived here. 

In any case, we loved seeing Nathan and Michele and Simon. We liked it so much, that we hereby offer an open invitation to the internet. Come and visit us!