And so it begins...

Hot July Nights...2nd Annual Cousins' Reunion
July 21-23, 2006

The weekend quickly improved after we all got stuck in the rain and forged through Fairway for dinner ingredients. We had a celebratory meal of gazpacho, guacamole, cheese and crackers and three and a half bottles of wine. With the Prosecco we made several toasts to this year of transition:

1. Ellen's engagement to Noble;
2. Laura's impending Watson Fellowship adventures (starting in Madrid);
3. Erica's elected unemployment;
4. Fran's elected unemployment;
5. Ellen's elected unemployment;
6. Laura's delay of employment;
7. Ellen's 27th birthday;
8. Erica's soon-to-be new address in California;
9. Fran's graduate school plans;
10. Ellen's graduate school plans;
11. Ellen and Noble's upcoming cohabitation;
12. Laura's college graduation;
13. our friendship lasting beyond childhood.

Here's to our mutual blog! Cousins of the night live on.