Going home!

The week went by much too quickly and before we knew it, the time had come to head back home. We had said our good-byes to Andy the night before as we planned to leave early in the morning. Saying good bye wasn't as hard as usual, because we would be seeing him again soon. He had to finish de-briefing and then would be coming home on leave.

When we left our hotel at 6 in the morning, we saw this flag with a little mist on the ground. However, when we got on the highway, we found thick fog. The visibility was awful; the fog hung in there all the way through Kentucky and part way into Indiana. We were really glad when it finally cleared. Heather checked with someone at home who told us it was a beautiful, sunshiny day. We drove all day, stopping to pick up Andy's repaired jeep.

When we got closer to home, we found that the sunshiny day was gone and snow was falling!

Our road

The tree across the street

Our backyard.
It was a beautiful welcome home from a wonderful trip!

We're home!

We flew home on Saturday. Our flight back was quite turbulent - that plane was really bouncing around and I was glad that this wasn't my first trip! I had the cutest little boy in the seat in front of me. He was about 4 and it was his first flight. The smile he got on his face when we took off was priceless. He turned around and was talking to me through the seat division. "We are really high". Then - "I'm kind of scared." I started asking him questions and he told me he was going to Michigan to see his new baby cousin. I told him I was from Michigan, to which he replied - "I'm not, I'm an American". His Mom then told him that people from Michigan were American too. At the end of the flight he told me that if we came to Virginia we could come and "have coffee" at his house!
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Here are 2 girls who were really happy to see their brother again!

I'm afraid they have inherited the crying gene from their Mom!
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After the hugging and welcoming, we went to pick up our luggage and guess what? Andy's was there, ours was not! Bob and I had our things packed together in one suitcase and they didn't know where it was. They said there wasn't even a record of it being in Norfolk where we took off from! This was frightening as I had important things in it - a curling iron, makeup... you know - things you can't live without! I ended up running to Walgreen's, Saturday night to pick up a few of those items, so I didn't scare people at church on Sunday! Guess what we found in our garage on Sunday morning? Yes - our luggage. It was delivered sometime during the night. I was glad to see it back.
Thanks to all of you for praying about my knee. It did quite well and survived all the walking we did. I'm still having some problems with it and will probably have to break down and go to the Dr. You know they say nurses are the worst patients and I really am pretty bad. I'll let you know what happens with it.
Now we're home and enjoying a short time with Andy. He leaves for Korea on Tuesday morning.