We had the good fortune to be invited to an anniversary party of our old friends and neighbors in Batavia. Batavia is in western NY about halfway between Buffalo and Rochester. We moved there right after Warren finished grad school and we commuted to Niagara Falls and Rochester for 9 years in the early part of our marriage. The couple being feted at the anniversary party were our neighbors across the street. This was our first house and the time when our two children were born. I don't know what we would have done without them. We had no immediate family anywhere around to help new parents who were struggling to get things right! Terry left a fancy ball when our second child was born. I went into labor just as we had deposited our then 2 1/2 year old at the hospital as she had a rash from head to foot and a raging fever. Terry made sure they took good care of her as she was a nurse at that hospital.
The party was a wonderful tribute thrown by their two grown sons. It was amazing to see them all grown up after so many years!! Amazing how other people get older (although Ray and Terry looked almost identical to what they did 25 years ago) when Warren and I remain the same age...
Sandy and Phil were our other two neighbors and they also looked great!! Sandy took care of both my girls when they were small so we took the opportunity to blame her for all their imperfections!!
It was really great to be back there -- we had some wonderful time in those years.
This is Terry and Ray cutting the cake.
This is a picture of Sandy and Phil sitting across the table from us.
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