Keeping up with the Joneses, oops, the Dobbratzs

Connie is my best friend from High School. We actually went to Kindergarten together, but we went our separate ways after that, me to the Lutheran school and Connie to the Catholic school and we didn't reconnect until the first day of ninth grade in a study hall.
John and I have always played a bit of "keep up with the Dobbratzs' game over the years. They got a Gremlin, we got a Gremlin, they got a waterbed, we got a waterbed. They went to D.C., we went to D.C., they got hermit crabs, we got hermit crabs, and the list goes on and on. It is not that they are such big trendsetters, but we just always enjoyed their things so much and we wanted our own.
The same thing happened with St. George Island, Florida. They told us about it and a few years later we vacationed there for the first time. We loved it and as usual, the Dobbratz family did not steer us wrong.
Even with all our trips to the Island, we have never been able to come down at the same time they came down due to schedules and school breaks until this trip. When I booked our trip way back in January, I had no idea that Connie was booking their trip for that same week. Finally, we would get to spend time on our beloved Island together.
We met Connie, Paul, Sarah, Chad, Aidan, Ava, and Nathan at our favorite eatery, the Blue Parrot. We toasted our friendship and our Island. It was indeed a good night. Sorry the picture is so dark, but you get the idea, I hope.

This is not a flattering picture of us at all, but I still wanted it up here. The wind was blowing, we were walking the beach after dinner, and the moon was full and reflecting off the sea. It was a beautiful night.

So, thanks, Connie, for Gremlins, Hermit Crabs, and St. George!