Goodby BE! First stop: Aunt Kiki's! That's where the party's at!

After staying up almost all night I woke up early to say goodbye to one of my best friends in BE, Allie. She had school, so I got up in time to run down to her house, take some pics, and walk her to the bus stop. She was a great friend, (and still is) and it was sad to say goodbye, but it's nice to have a pen pal to fill me in on all the happenings over there in Europe. We're hoping that she'll be able to come and stay with us for a week or so next summer, and until then we're writing back and forth and calling whenever possible. See what I look like at 7:30am!

Then we all boarded a plane...................................and about 12 hours later................we met Uncle Piper, Aunt Missy, and her 3 kids at the Columbus airport. They helped us load everything into a rental van and then we drove to Hillsboro. Daddy didn't come with us, so I got to sit in the front and play songs from my ipod the whole way there. Sadly, everyone except Mommy and I were asleep by the time we got to the hills, but they're just as hilly as ever..even after 3 years.
Almost everyone was asleep at Aunt Kiki's so we tiptoed in..and all of a sudden a stampede came thundering down the hall! All right..the only one asleep was Uncle Sean. (snoring uproariously) Most of these people we hadn't seen in almost 3 years! No one had changed too much though.

That weekend was filled with friends and family welcoming us home to the US. We also got to go to Jonah's first communion. His smile stretched from ear to ear. (seriously..it did!)

Jonah (my cousin) on his first communion day

It didn't take long for us to pick up where we'd left off. (Uncle Piper, and Mei mei)