We’re both really and truly back in
Nick’s already done a great job capturing the bittersweet feeling of being home (aka the States). For me, the hardest part was the short amount of time we had. It felt that we were constantly saying ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ to our best friends and family. It was a joyful visit and a painful reminder of what we miss.
The trip home will sustain us in phase 2 of the England Adventure. Just some of the memories we savor are:
- Watching Arrested Development with the Burdette brothers
- Making bridges with kindergartners (surprisingly both more stressful and more fun than it sounds!)
- Cooking Christmas dinner for the Burdette family
- Watching traditional Christmas movies: White Christmas with the Burdettes and Muppet Christmas Carol with the Horstmans
- Christmas Eve party and first annual drumming circle
- Getting hugs from extended family members
- ‘Home Day’ in
- Food we’d missed: Frozen Javas, good ice cream, lots and lots of pizza, good coffee,
- Oh Hell: the game
- All kinds of Cranium (Turbo, Pop 5, Conga – and making up new rules to make it even harder!!)
- Dez and Eric’s wedding – so beautiful! And saw so many people!
- Crazy, 12am Auntie-Anne Pretzel making
- Friends, friends, and more friends
- Learning that people read our blog
So that last one may sound a bit cheesy, but we were really surprised and encouraged by the number of people who told us they read this thing. It is such a link for us to you guys, and it means so much to know that we are actually meeting our goal of connecting with people. We’re also newly committed to start posting more frequently….er….starting this weekend!
3 comments:
Home is where the heart is--glad both of you are safe, sound, and together! Keep us posted on your adventures...
Winkie and I just read your entry. We love and miss you. Happy Anniversary to you, Happy anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary dear Lauren and Nick, happy anniversary to you.
Hey you two! I can't believe a year has gone by already - it was a year ago we were all celebrating at your wedding!!! AMAZING! Lots of love, and it was so wonderful to see you too!
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