I'm an "Expert!"

Today I told Hannah and Abigail to go downstairs and pick up the mess they had made while they were playing. Hannah responded, "but Mommy, we need an expert like you to help us clean up!"

17 Days Later....

my bag finally arrives! It seems that it got lost at O'Hare somehow, but at least now I have it. I just sent in to British Airways the receipts for all my clothes that I had to purchase while in England, so I will have to wait and see if they give me any trouble about reimbursement.

I think free tickets back to England sounds fair! :)

No Power!

I know you probably won't believe me, but I WAS planning on beginning my England posts last night. Alas, a storm passed through and the electricity was knocked out. So, I am hoping that tonight or tomorrow night I get an opportunity to load some pictures and start the drama!

SORRY!

Sorry for no posts while we were in England. It's a long story that I do not have the time to go into right now, but basically my bag never made it to England, so we did not have everything we needed to do e-mail or blog posting. Hopefully soon I will get a chance to tell you all about it and post some of Daniel's 1000+ pictures! :)

Wings

Isaac was in my bedroom this morning and saw a spider web above my window. (Yes, I know that reflects on my house keeping skills.) He says, "Mommy look! A spider web!" I say, "Yes, I know. Mommy needs to get the vacuum and get it." He replies, "No, Mommy. You need wings to get it! Like a birdie!" ~I'm Thinking~ "Then it's gonna be up there a loooong time." :)

Get Ready London!

We fly out to London in exactly 2 weeks! I am so excited, nervous, overwhelmed, and surprisingly calm. I think that it hasn't quite sunk in yet, all that I need to do before we leave. We actually leave to drive out to Missouri first to drop off some kids at G & G Wilt's a little earlier. So, I really only have about 12 days. AAGGHH!

For those of you who don't know, we are going to a friend's wedding in England and seeing some of the sights of London. We will be there for a week. It will be exciting to see quite a few people we haven't seen in years, some of them I have never met.

I am really excited! Daniel is too, but he has traveled so much in his life that my excitement beats his a little bit! :) I have been just over the border in Mexico, been to Canada, Thailand, and Nepal. I have never been to Europe, but have always wanted to go. YEAH!

We went to Thailand and Nepal on our honeymoon, so it's been 7 1/2 years since a long plane ride. I wasn't involved in all the planning and preparation of that trip, so this time it has been quite different. I'm just hoping that everything goes smoothly.

Please keep us in your prayers and the kids especially. We have never been gone from them for more than a night, so this will be an adjustment. Thankfully we are blessed with generous parents and siblings! I have complete faith in Grandparents and Aunt Emily. Thank you guys so much!!!

Fireworks!!

I had planned on posting pictures of our July 4th celebration, but due to rain, rain, and more rain it was not what we had originally planned. We ended up at Daniel's parents house for the whole evening, since the local gala was cancelled. :(
We did get to see lots of the neighbors fireworks displays. Isaac stayed inside for the whole deal, because he does not like the noise and he was a bit under the weather.
We did set off a few of our own, too. We all had a really fun time just hanging around and doing what we do best, talking and laughing.


Our family did get to see some fireworks the night before, so the kiddos didn't totally miss out. Daniel put some big headphones on Isaac so it wouldn't be so loud for him! It was a pretty hilarious sight, we got some odd looks.



That night when I checked on the kids before I climbed in to bed, I heard Hannah(6) say in her sleep, "Mom, fireworks! Look, Mom! Fireworks!" I think she had a good time! :)



So, I decided to use these pictures from a couple years ago. I hope you all had a joyous 4th of July!!