Vistor's from Afar

We recently had some good Scottish friends who we met while living in India visit us a few weekends ago. It was so awesome to see Helen and Fraser in our home in the US. It was a strange sensation though to be sitting around the table here rather then in Chennai and to not have the entire group here as well. They came along with their son David to visit see other son Liam who lives in Chicago run in the Chicago Marathon. While their visit was short we cherished every minute of it. The kids were thrilled to see them and were quite please to get Fraser up on the trampoline! Ted and the guys got out and did some skeet shooting even though the weather was freezing!


When people ask if we are happy to be back in the US my first response is that it is good to be back, however I still miss India! I think what I miss most are our friends in India. While we knew them for such a short time the bonds of friendship that were formed were strong. They became our family.

A few days after Helen and Fraser left my parents came for a visit. They drove up from Florida and visited all but one of my siblings. We had seen them in June at the family reunion but it was nice to have them at our house. Logan was delighted to see that he is almost as tall as his Grandma. Here are a few photos of the kids and my Mom. I am frustrated I didn't think to get some photos of my dad with the kids...

Birthday photos...

Just a week after Emily's birthday Ted celebrated his birthday. He had the day off on his birthday. I found a recipe to make a Lemon Struesal cake that he remembers from childhood. He thought it tasted great! Due to a hectic schedule Emily just had her friend birthday party this past weekend. She had a hard time deciding what to do. She wanted to have a sleep over but I limited the number of kids so she decided to have a bowling party instead! The kids had a lot of fun and I didn't have to clean up the mess!