Leaving Australia joins the list of hard good byes. Knowing that we were leaving our kids and new granddaughter a Pacific Ocean away made us very sad.
Before we knew it though we were in Dallas and our son in law James was giving us big hugs of welcome at the airport. As soon as we got home we immediatly went to have our usual "Mexican Food after a trip". Can you say wonderful!!
Josh brought Sassy to us that evening or at least we thought it was Sassy. Peeking out of some black and white paper was his dog chuy...pretending to be Sassy. We got a good laugh out of that.
Sassy was anxiously waiting in the car and was as predictably excited as we hoped she would be.
We got a call from Missy and Wes around midnight and filled each in on our time apart.
Melbourne, Australia is about as other side of the world....and down under as you can get. They are on the other side of the international dateline down near Antarctica and even have different constellations because they are in the southern hemisphere! What that meant to us in good ole Texas is not being able to sleep at night because we were still on Aussie time. It was strange rambling around at 3 am with Larry because we were wide awake.
:-) After two days of watching movies all night and having chats about our trip I decided I had sleep deprivation and it was time to take some Ambien. I needed about two more days of catching up on sleep and I was back to central time zone and only a little jet lag fatigue.
We are settling in to a routine finally.... and maybe in a few more days I will get my things back in place so I can find them! We have talked to Missy and Wes most every day and it helps to know they are making it just fine.
Activities have begun to pick things up a bit and we have enjoyed catching back up with everyone. Being home is a nice place to be. 
We have much to be grateful for. Our wonderful trip to be with our daughter and family was such a blessing. The travel though long was safe and we were well taken care of by Qantas. We had quality time with our family and enjoyed some wonderful activities. Our family back home welcomed us with love and took care of things for us so we could enjoy our trip. Friends galore have encouraged us...prayed for us and were pleased at our joy. We thank God for the wonderful way He has blessed us and thank you for your love and prayers.
My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:19
1 comment:
Elaine - I have been following your trip and so glad you two are home safely. Sounds like you had a wonderful time.
Take care
Belinda
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