Home again

We are finally all home again and it really feels good! Len is right back into the swing of things at work and the kids and I are doing a few jobs around the house, getting groceries, and hanging out at Silver Lake. I tried to go back to add some photos to the last several blogs but I'm having trouble getting them in the place I want them to go so I quit trying for now. Maybe someone will have time (and patience) to help me later. Both the kids and Opa and Oma and I were upgraded to comfort class for the trip home. This was much more comfortable! It's amazing how much difference a few inches of leg room makes! Our plane was diverted to Ottawa due to lightning in Toronto but, after refueling, we could return and were only a few hours late. All in all we had safe returns.

The boys were rained out of the Camporee and had to be evacuated. We got them 3 days earlier than we had planned. We did some very muddy laundry at Oma's, spent an evening with both of Len's brothers, and then made the drive home. Len and Jake were in Jetta and Michael and I were in Barney. They were ahead of us at the border and were selected for a random search. When we pulled up the guy said, "They'll meet you at McDonalds. They were randomly chosen to be searched." They had to fill out a few forms and answer a few questions but it was relatively quick and painless.

It feels good to be able to sleep in our own beds again. Jake is readying his room for Paul, our new exchange student. We hope to go buy a dresser today since Linz is using our extra one.

We need to sort through our thousands of pictures to be able to make an album that is a reasonable size to show people. That seems like an overwhelming task to me. Maybe that is the downside to using a digital camera!