Hello Roaches, We're Ba-ack!

All right, so we're back. I really can't say I'm thrilled about it...but what do you do? My girls were so excited to see our car at the airport, and their rooms at home. In fact, they both came down in these outfits about 10 minutes after we were home. They really love to dress up, and they could be entertained doing it all day long.

I haven't posted anything about our last few days in Utah (i.e.--the 10 year reunion), so here goes:

I have to say that I was really excited for the reunion until we walked into the doors of UVSC. All of the sudden I was a gawky, awkward high school student again. I almost turned around and headed back to the car. We made the mistake of arriving on time, when no one was there yet...so when we walked into the room we had limited friend options. I had a hard time recognizing people. I really should have studied the yearbook before hand! But, I'm married to Mr. Social Butterfly, who has no trouble "working the room." It took me a while, but I finally warmed up to the idea of socializing. It was fun to catch up with old friends and see what everyone is up to. Thanks to everyone who planned it...we "sure appreciate you...you're DYNAMITE!"

On Saturday, we went to T's cousin's baptism. And afterward, we went to the park for a picnic. While we were there took advantage of the beautiful weather and got some family pics.

*Happy 4th of July*

When we were at church on Sunday, we sang the Star Spangled Banner for the closing song. As I was singing, I have to admit, I got a little emotional. It's a song that we don't sing enough, and it has such beautiful verses. I'm just so thankful we live in a country where we can worship how we choose.

On Monday, we enjoyed having a barbecue with both mine and T's families. We ate lots of great food, and enjoyed our own little fireworks display. It was great to see the kids enjoying the fireworks with their cousins. It makes me so sad that we don't live closer so they can hang out with them more often.

Today (Wednesday), we had a 4th of July breakfast with our neighbors from across the street. It's been very rainy in Houston (and all of Texas, apparently), and today was no different. We usually decorate the kids' bikes and have a neighborhood parade that ends at the clubhouse with a big firetruck hosing all the kids down and everyone swims all day. But since it was raining, we just watched the parade go by. We didn't feel like swimming in the rain. (Well, I should clarify...hubby and I didn't want to swim in the rain.) We wrapped the day up with dinner at Red Robin, and watching the fireworks on tv. Aren't we exciting? We are trying to get our girls back on a normal schedule (and back onto Central Time), so we didn't even attempt a live fireworks show. Man, we ARE exciting! At least we all had red (and very festive) 4th of July t-shirts.



Anyway, thanks for listening to my random thoughts. We had such a great time with all our family and friends over the past month. Thanks for making so many fun and lasting memories with us!