First Dinner Guests

On Saturday we had our first dinner guests over to our new apartment.  There were still a few boxes here and there but mostly we had moved in and have made this place our own.
Our dear friends Fionnuala and Wolfgang along with their three boys came over.  Fionnuala has a birthday coming up and so it seemed fitting to have her and her family over as our first guests.
I loved it because right when they walked in they picked at and ate the remnants of my cooked cauliflower pan that was sitting on the counter.  Only a good friend would do this and exclaim, "YUM"  I was still making a few things but mostly things were ready.  They continued to pick at the stuff left over in the pan and somehow this just solidified our friendship.  I love when friendships get to that comfortable stage.  Like family.  Which we have felt with Fionnuala for a long time but this was just awesome. I know it must seem small but what I miss here more than anything else is history with anyone.  Other than my family nobody knows us for longer than 5 months but somehow with certain people history isn't dependent on the time you have known them but the depth of the friendship.

I even told her that when we first met her Marty and I asked each other if she was too good to be true.  She was so kind and genuine.  It felt like one of those movies where the super nice woman sucks you into some deep and dark plot.   Something had to be wrong with her, we thought. Haha!!  Really, though, she made that deep of an impression on us that we assumed something HAD to be wrong.  I told her I always hoped we get to that place in our friendship where I could tell her this.  Too funny now that I think about it.
Well, now it has been 4 months of consistent and sincere behavior so I think we just have ourselves a VERY dear friend.
We all ate and drank and laughed so much.  They have 3 boys.  Twins aged 6 and an older boy aged 13.  All 5 kids got along so well. Can't wait for the next time.

Oh, and when they came they brought a lovely housewarming gift.  A delicious, homemade loaf of bread and some salt.  Apparently this is the traditional gift you give when someone moves into a new place.  "As long as you have salt and bread all you need is not far"  I think is the translation.
Happiest of birthdays sweet Fionnuala!!