Alright, alright already!

Greetings to all our readers, near and far! We make our triumphant return to blogging today because... well, we've just been gone for far too long. Lunch club has had a rough go of it for the past couple months - our busy times keep us away, eating at our desks or as we dash from one meeting to another. But fear not! We are committed to the club and all it stands for, and so we will make a diligent effort to return to recapping our lunches for you, dear readers.

To bring everyone up to speed on life happenings within the club, here's what you've been missing over the past couple months:

Welcome to the world, baby Gabriel! Andres' bouncing baby boy made his world debut on March 31st, just a few days after little Phoenix was born. Baby boys everywhere, which made the following news even more exciting...

Stephen and his wife are expecting a little baby GIRL in October. We are all looking forward to meeting baby Joy in just a few months!

Thus ends the baby news, but in other life developments, Evans and her beau Michael got engaged! They're going to be married on the beach in September. Woo hoo!

In May we had the sad departure of Beth from our office, as she moved back home to Mississippi. A true Southern belle can't be kept from her roots for too long! And while we say farewell to Beth, we say hello to...

...Monroe! Monroe came to us in our hour of need and for that we are grateful! And BONUS, she is also getting married soon, so more fun to celebrate! Hurray!

And that about sums it up, to tell you the truth. Lunch club conversations have been a challenge since all our favorite shows went on hiatus for the summer. We've kept ourselves entertained with mocking Claire & Lynn for their hardcore addiction to cheese dip. And my aversion to the word "moist" provided at least a couple day's worth of fodder. (Seriously, though, it is kind of a weird/disturbing word, yes?) Earl got a really, really bad sunburn. Oliver continues in his quest to eat more fruit than is humanly possible. And so on and so forth.

So here we are, back again, and ready to entertain. Happy reading!

Liz