So hard

Always hard to say goodbye.

But let's just go to the airport and play card games for awhile and pretend we're not leaving.

I'll never know how it's possible to be ready 

to go home but not want to leave.

Love you guys.

And there you have it.

Daniel, looking at a navel orange, casually says, "this looks like it's having a baby. See, that's the baby's head."

 Okay Daniel, well you're not going to find any argument from me there...

---

In other news, I think perhaps in 7 years Daniel has changed less than I have. ;)

Great Grandparents

I remember visiting my great grandpa when I was young.
He told the same stories over and over about his life when he was younger.
I remember that it was slightly uncomfortable but at the same time
kind of intriguing. I don't know what my kids thought today,
and they took awhile to warm up, but it was sweet for me to see them
doing something that I so clearly remember doing.
And even though my Grandma and Grandpa are 92 and 93,
they didn't tell the same stories over and over!
(Grandma was more interested in my iPhone, amazed that zooming in and out didn't ruin the photo. Cuteness.)

Laura loved Great Grandma's china doll, can you tell?

Christmas presents

An iPad for the kids for Christmas has changed the way we see ourselves...

Happy New Year 2012

Here's to looking forward and not behind...
*I didn't save the photo for this, it was taken today!