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Visited the Alexanders, who were celebrating jennifer’s 17th birthday, and they had pulled out old videos from our visits with them at Sea Isle City and first days of school so long ago. We laughed so hard we almost cried. Above are screen grabs I took with my iPhone. They don’t catch the detail at all—the bouncy assertiveness of Scott, Pete’s joyless purpose on the minigolf course, Kelly and Mike’s buddyhood. You can catch Jen’s smile, though, in Photo No. 2.