We always have to adjust anywhere we move, but it was a good 6 months in the USA. The kids making Valentines.











And I got to know Nony from A Slob Comes Clean Our last week was an emotional one of saying goodbyes to family, church friends and school friends.  But we are so thankful for the time spent!! We'll miss you, Texas!!

It's been fun to be part of birthday parties, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations, as well as the little things like simply meeting up for dinner. Some of these photos are months old, but I wanted to get it documented on the ole blog. Sweet photo with her cousin, Eric.  











We did a late Christmas with Jerry's family.  A fun gift from Nana, a straw in the shape of eyeglasses.  They crack me up!! 
 

We've spent a couple of weekends now at Ben & Jamie's (Jerry's sister), lovely home in Jacksonville.  The kids have loved playing with their sweet dogs, Gaby and Sophie.







Another weekend we drove down to Waco to meet up with Jerry's brother and his wife, Kenneth & De.











We missed Michelle though.  I took this picture, coffee and kids in place to let her know we missed her.  You know that Carnival Triumph ship that's been stuck off the Yucatan peninsula?  Yeah, she's been stuck on it!  We're praying she gets home safely soon!  We missed saying goodbye to her!

We packed up and hit the road for Little Rock, AR.  Reegan had been sick for a few days and just wasn't getting better.  That morning she complained of ear pain and had splotchy red spots all over her body.  I knew it was time she get to a doctor.

We had already planned to stop in Memphis to meet up with some friends that were also home for a short time and will be some of our neighbors in England.  We'd been texting about lunch arrangements and then I started texting about medical clinics!

We had about a 6 hour unplanned stay in Memphis (I was SO not happy with the wait at that clinic, but we got what we needed) getting us into Little Rock about 9.  Much later than we hoped, but we about fell into bed.  Jerry had a meeting all day and I had made plans to meet up with a friend I'd made through blogging.  I walked out to our van.  My phone rang, it was my mom. and I'd hardly said "hello" when I discovered our driver-side window was shattered in a bazillion pieces!!  Karis lost it and started screaming.

I hung up with my mom and called Jerry, interrupting his meeting.  I wasn't even sure he would pick up, but he did.  My brain doesn't function well under stressful situations.  He was and is usually my calm.  I headed for the lobby to report the break-in learning the police had already come and taken a report.  It's crazy to me that they didn't try to find a way to let us know!!


Hotels don't claim responsibility for theft on their property, so we were given no compensation.  I was a bit miffed about that, but what can ya do?!  They did send a guy out to help me clean it up.  The workers were so kind!

We had a ton of stuff in our car.  Snacks, souvenirs we'd picked up, travel pillows, jackets, trash!  Do you know, not one thing was taken!  We took all our valuables in with us, luckily!!!

You know what I did find other than little shards of glass spewed all over?  BLOOD!  Disgusting!!!  This crazy guy must have busted the window with his hand!!  Blood drops and smears all over.  Brennan didn't even want to get in the car, my little germaphob!  And so much for those security cameras they have mounted outside the hotel.  It was a lesson learned!! NEVER park on the backside of a hotel.  Always park by the front!!

I still wanted to meet up with my friend.  I knew it would be good to get our minds off of the event.  So we headed to Chick-fil-A.