That's an almost wrap!

Well today we start our journey back home. We have been in our old stomping grounds for the past 12 days. Herman kindly asked me to join him on this trip to the northern Virginia area, and, not too happily, I agreed. I thought driving 17 hrs with 4 children, (5 if you count h), would equate to setting my hair on fire. Well, it wasn't that bad! It wasn't a piece of cake, but is was far less chaotic than I had anticipated. Granted, this was only the one way trip, I'll later blog about this one.....

So we head back, with a suburban, (I refer to as 18 wheeler and this makes Anel crack up) filled with stuff that I Have no idea how I accumulated during e last 12 days. How does that happen? And also with 4 happy vivacious little girls who I hope contain themselves for the next- 16 hrs. Well, we've been driving for one already!

We reconnected with old friends,some whom are like family. Steven and Ellen who were, have been and will always be like family. Ellen has always been a lifesaver and a great friend! She let me do a ton of laundry at her house and always accommodated our very large family for dinner, happily! We love them and are so grateful to have them as friends. We also saw the Darr family whom we love dearly. Connecting with the Luebkes's is always a blast. We have so much fun with them! If only Kevin would be promoted to south Florida! The Maller's , such great hosts and Lori always trying to help out with the girls and making us feel so at home! We also saw our old neighbors, the Roenicke's and the Allbrights. We miss our friendly neighbors and were so glad to see them again. We had dinner with the Vasquez family and so enjoyed spending time with them. And lastly, but certainly not least, my great friend, Veronica and her lovely family. With 4 kids herself, her and I have so much in common and I absolutely loved spending time with her and her family.

The days went by quickly. It was loads of fun. We did some sightseeing and a lot of eating. I wish I could have seen more friends, but there's never enough time :(.

Now on to Florence, south Carolina for an overnight stay and then tomorrow another 7 hrs. T Orlando. A quick stop there to celebrate my niece's birthday and then onto Davie. Yay!

I am blessed.