neighbors

we used to live across the street from these guys.  when we first went to look at renting this particular house, we were standing outside with the landlord when we heard yelling from the road and a woman with a hat on running wildly toward us waving her arms.  we were taken aback and thought surely this incident would deter them from letting us have the place, until we realized it was andrea and she was actually trying to tell the landlord (who turned out to be her good friend) that we were nice people and they should rent to us.

we have lots of fun memories, my favorite being the time they were sitting in their living room for a quiet evening and their eyes were drawn across the street to our front window (you know how when it's dark out and you have lights on and people can see inside your house, but you can't really see out?).  well, cliff was getting ready for a youth event which involved him dressing up as a caterpillar wearing one of those tent-like tubes kids crawl through over his body and a pair of allie's green tights that i had stuffed with socks over his head.  yeah, they had a good laugh.  

we miss backyard bbqs and impromptu driveway parties!

we had a good time.  i think they laughed more at me than they did with me, but hey, i can take it.  it's all part of the job.  this little lady was a little shy at first, but once i got her talking about her minnie mouse halloween costume, she was all smiles.

oh hey, gorgeous.

and this guy...does he not look like a full out teenager to you?  complete with skinny jeans.  goodness gracious.

and what to say about the littlest of them all?  his face was like zero to sixty in two seconds flat.  so fun.  and when we started playing in the leaves?  hysterical.

and just so you know, when cliff looked at the family pictures, he said "they're cute.  and you can tell scott i said that".  not sure how you feel about that, especially after the whole caterpillar incident, but i think you should take it as a compliment.  love you guys!