Our friends, Joe and Jennifer Germain with 7 kids, arrived safely after their long flight from Davao, Philippines to Alaska. We picked them up in Anchorage on Tuesday and came home with a bus full! We had driven up on Monday so that we could load up on groceries at Costco, then stayed overnight at my sister and brother-in-laws house in Palmer. We had a fun evening with Charlie and Kristen, catching up with them and getting to enjoy their company. We picked up the Germains in the afternoon...it was so much fun to greet them at the airport and watch our kids immediately pick up where they left off. We all went to lunch and then a quick stop at Walmart before our drive home. The kids finished out their long journey well and seemed to just enjoy the long ride home. We put on a story for everyone to listen to and that kept them somewhat occupied for hours.
We arrived at our house at 9:30 and of course with the long days of light, who would be ready for bed? So the kids ran and played outside while we unloaded the groceries that needed to go in the freezer and then made a light dinner before bed. The kids all settled down in bed well and we enjoyed a quiet evening of catching up with Joe and Jenn.
We have spent the rest of the week just hanging out around the house...unpacking, putting things away, chatting, watching kids play, cooking, baking, doing laundry, and more... It has been enjoyable just to relax and let the kids run and play.
We celebrated Meghan's birthday yesterday, although her birthday was June 10...close enough to still celebrate!! Meghan is now 4 and all girlie...her and Alyssum have so much fun playing dolls. Alyssum was laughing and laughing today as Meghan was the mom and kept saying, "Now sweetie...."!!
We are looking forward to the time we have together over the next couple months....
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