Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Coming home

Yesterday a good friend sent me an email entitled, "Are you still there?" It made me laugh. I hadn't realized that I hadn't blogged in a whole month! Wow, I'm such a slacker. Thanks for inspiring me to get posting again, Trina!

Elise often describes her memories from when we were "in Silver Spring Maryland" but she already needs prompting with remembering some people's names, which makes me sad. Before we left, while we were packing, we turned around to find the kids had made a makeshift table out of boxes and carseats.

Our kids are at an age where it's not exactly a nightmare to travel (still not a piece of cake) - having their own seats seemed to help! Both of them fell asleep just fine and had a lot of fun playing with their new water paint brushes and re-usable tablets. Elijah did get yelled at for kicking a guy's chair when I wasn't paying attention, but the trip was otherwise (thankfully) uneventful.

When we arrived in Hilo, we walked down to baggage claim and were greeted by Aaron's dad and sister holding a big welcome home banner... So sweet and thoughtful!

We had a wonderful, joyful reunion with the Auna Ohana.

It's good to be back. : )

2 comments:

treen said...

I've also been surprised at who Summer remembers and who she needs prompting with. Glad you guys are doing well being back with family! Lucky!

Michelle said...

hey lady, I have been wondering the same thing as Trina, just was too lazy or distracted to bug you! I'm so glad to see so many posts from you! You should have told the guy on the plane to shove it...Elijah is the cutest kid ever, and the guy is lucky to get his chair kicked by such a cutie! miss you!