Home Sweet Home

Well, we made it back safely from Oregon after an amazing 5 weeks of vacation! I was nervous about flying by myself with the two kids (I was outnumbered!), but the Lord blessed me beyond words! The kids were complete angels!! I had total strangers telling me how amazed they were at my kids' behavior. And I couldn't have been prouder - we colored, read books, had snacks and watched 1 movie on the first 4-hour flight. Then we had a 2-hour layover in Atlanta, where we ate lunch and "got our sillies out". Once we got on the 2nd plane, we were all tired (we had to wake up at 3am to leave Portland), so we snuggled up together and slept the whole way home to Charlotte!

We were all so excited to see Ryan and he was anxious to have us home (the house is pretty quiet when you're there all alone!). It took about 3 days to adjust back to East Coast time, but we are on track now. The kids have enjoyed rediscovering all their toys and it has been nice to sleep next to my husband again (minus the snoring, of course). :)

Now we're focusing on getting school supplies and ordering uniforms to get Lauren ready for 1st grade. I can't believe I have a first grader...when did that happen?!? We took her to get her hair cut yesterday and she decided she wanted to chop it. So, they cut around 4 inches off - much easier to handle in this heat (it was over 100 today!) and quicker to style before school each morning!! Here's a pic of her new 'do: