HOME!!!

We were so excited to walk through our door!! It was fantastic to finally bring the boys into our house and just relax! We drove up and found an awesome banner on our garage door from our youth group at church. You guys are my favorite!! Then we walked in the kitchen and found welcome home signs from our fantastic friends the Mertz family, along with brownies...yum! And our freezer had a dinner from the amazing Stern family. Have I mentioned how much we love our friends? I can't even find the words to explain how completely loved all of our friends and family have made us feel throughout this entire journey. Thank you doesn't seem like a big enough statement to express the gratitude we feel for all of your love and support.

So we arrived home and all of the kids went immediately into a bath to get the travel funk off. Then Andersen had 2 long awaited peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Paige had cheese! (Cheese was very hard to come by in China) Then we had to head out the door to the kids school where their teachers were sweet enough to let us come to the school at the end of the day and let the kids see their classrooms and drop off their school supplies. Then we headed back home and did our best to stay awake past 5:00...we lost that battle.



We decided the only way we were going to keep everyone awake would be to get out of the house so we ran a couple of errands and then returned home and were all in bed and asleep by 7.

The boys had a rough time sleeping. Parker might have slept better if Xander would not have screamed from 2:45am until 5:30am. But the next morning Andersen and Paige were up and ready for their first day of school!




They had a great day and school and were glad to see all of their friends again. Andersen's friends had so many questions that his teacher had him stand at the front of the class and answer all of their questions about his trip.

The boys had a rough morning but after their naps in the afternoon they were full of smiles. They are even enjoying Kirby (our dog) and Parker even spoon fed her from the table during dinner last night. Kirby was in heaven and I'm sure was not excited that we told Parker that the doggy does not get to eat at the table.

We are looking forward to our weekend with no appointments or schedules!

Location:Flower Mound,United States