We arrived home about 2:30pm today California time and all of us are glad to be out of the car. We had a great time with all the kids at Christmas and wish we all lived closer to each other... maybe one day. It's always fun and interesting to see the fine adults they have grown into - hard to believe the baby, Ben, will be 25 in six months... he turns a quarter of a century old while his old ma turns a half a century old... where has the time gone? We are so proud of all 4 of the kids!
The kids in Maryland have a beautiful new home and have done some wonderful things to it. They are on their way to becoming very successful young professionals (not sure where she got that ambition from but we are glad she did!). They are both working hard but seem to be able to find a little time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
We are so glad to have Ben home safe and sound. The recent events in Iraq make us even more thankful that he isn't there right now. We really enjoyed our whirlwind tour of DC with Ben and Jeongah and they took some great pictures, both are very good photographers! The one on the right is my favorite place in DC - the World War II Memorial at night. John and I sat there while Ben and Jeongah went to the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial. It was quite beautiful, peaceful and touching. The other picture is the Washington Monument of course. We were lucky enough to get tickets to go up to the top - it was awesome!
Ben gets out of the Army in March and we are looking forward to having both of them here with us for a little while. His plan is to go back to the Middle East as a contractor... but I'm not going to think about that right now... I'll think about it tomorrow.
Hamlet and Mouse will have one more installment in the next few days but I just wanted to let everyone know we are home safe and sound and looking forward to a Bright and Shiny 2007!
Happy New Year to you all!
Hugs,
Rox
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