Our Dear Friend James

Our dear friend James was in town on business this week and we are very happy that he squeezed in a visit with us.

We saw him briefly very late on Monday night after he had flown in on a merry flight from the UK. Then we saw him again last night before he flew home (sans Lego kits because it's nearly impossible to find a toy store in Boston and also nearly impossible to simply stumble across one in Cambridge). Since we didn't know until late afternoon that he'd be free to see us last night, he gamely went along with us to a fundraising silent auction and dinner that we had long ago purchased tickets for. In the end, it was too sad to have him not see the kids for the first time in six years. So, we left the benefit early, came home, roused the kids, and capped off our visit with tea, a chat about X-Box versus PlayStation versus Wii, and a look at home movie hightlights of the past hockey season.