Home Amazingly Sweet Home.

Well folks, we got home yesterday.  Do you want to know a really funny trick to play on your brain?  Get up really early and get on a plane on one side of the earth.  Spend 17 hours flying to the other side of the earth and arrive two hours earlier on the same day than you left.  Your brain will think that's really funny.  Our flights were OK for the first 12 hours or so.  After that they were full of lots of throw-up.  Darn that motion sickness!

Our train ride to Hong Kong.

We have been so exhausted since we got home.  Yesterday every time I closed my eyes it felt like I was on a turntable or like a tumbleweed rolling along.  We took naps and went to bed early and we feel *a little* better today.  Hopefully we can get back to normal pretty soon.

I am so grateful for whoever came into our house before we got home and left bundles of food on our counters and in the fridge and then for the ladies who brought us pizza last night.  You cannot believe how much that helped.   I have so many people to thank for everything from watching our pets, taking care of my children, sending gifts, to expressing their love and prayers for us.

Getting home was fun.  The girls were super excited about their room and jumped for joy.  They loved their clothes and toys and immediately made a disaster of their room.   Only the older boys were home when we showed the girls around. The younger two were still on their way from their cousins in Idaho.  Elijah wasn't feeling well so while he chilled out Andrew showed the girls around.  He jumped with them for their first time on a trampoline, showed them our tree swing, led them all around our property and played games with them in their room.  Once the little ones were home and we were eating dinner Peter kept expressing how he wanted to hold hands with Pearl through dinner.  She wasn't ready for that yet. ;)  Later he wanted a hug SO bad and had to chase her around to get one.  Once we finally got her to relent to give him one he said it wasn't enough and wanted another.  He is totally enamored with her.

Thanks for the bubbles, Carolyn!  They totally hit the spot!

 We are all adjusting and everyone is happy.  We are SO glad to be home.  When I'm not so darn exhausted I'll take more pictures and post more about what is going on.  Hopefully that is soon!`