Jim and Joyce's Going Away Picnic

I am two months behind in our blog, so this post won't be very fresh. Our good friends, Jim and Joyce, had decided to move to Minneapolis. Being a follower of their blog I was not surprised but I was still shocked (if that makes sense) and saddened. Caroline and Rich, Jim's brother, threw them a going-away picnic at a San Mateo park on 7/25.

At one point during the picnic I was talking to Joyce and a friend of hers, and she said something about how weird it was to see all 5 of their worlds together. 5 worlds?!? I was about to ask her what the 5 worlds were when she got pulled away. Since I'm not working, I pretty much only have 1 world. They have 5! Coming from a couple who say they are introverts. Maybe by non-Asian standards they are introverts, but compared to all the people I know (Asian and non-Asian) they are definitely on the extroverted side. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I personally think being extroverted makes life a little easier or at least less stressful.

When we left the picnic, Jim walked us to our car with Payton, which was very thoughtful. Our timing was pretty bad though. We found out they were about to cut the cake. How could we have left the party before cake?

We miss you Jim, Joyce, and Payton. Can't wait to get to know you Mackenzie.