Home At Last

There's this old saw about needing a vacation from my vacation...this could not be more accurate. We had a very packed trip with lots of different things scheduled and lots of people to see. There just wasn't enough time to do it all, or to take some time to rest either. Not that I'm complaining because it beats being at 30-below and lifting heavy boxes. Of course the main reason for the trip was to see Christina and go to her dedication. From the moment we got into town my family was pretty much pushing the baby into our arms every second.
kisses  Not that we didn't love it mind you! But after a while all the talk of "test driving" a baby wears a little. She's a baby not a Saab :P Christina is still so tiny but she seems so strong and healthy. The service was great and I think everybody cried.
mmm....towels are yummy  We also got to spend time at Samantha's 11th birthday party. The fact that my first niece is now 11 is pretty frightening. I got to play a little golf (though I played really poorly) and Shell and I got to finally spend a bit of time at the Beach as well.
howdy  She shopped me to death...she does that sometimes. I played some poker (again poorly) at Scott's also which is something I dearly love to do. Dave and Missy were excellent hosts as always, Josh is growing like a weed, and Max the dog is a sweet puppy (though Dixie didn't think so...we still don't know what was up with her). We stayed an extra day and we had a very long drive home. Poor Dixie and Willow were great troopers and put up with an extra loaded car that I'm sure was uncomfortable.
did someone say "toy"?? 
dude, where's my house?  The response to the new TGIF format was really great. I've had a few questions (and a demand from Tara) that I explore a US Politics 101 type buildup to the election so look for another post soon and if you have any questions about things you don't quite understand (like how someone could actually vote for Rick Santorum?!?) just send them along. For now it is time to unpack- Cheers