Amazing Times

This image certainly describes the past two weekends!! We have been blessed with amazing family and friends!! We thank each and every one of you who were able to take time out of your busy schedules to visit. For those who were unable to join us, we appreciate your well wishes none-the-less. To all who prepared for our parties: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!
From each gathering we've heard the same statement, "We should be getting together like this more often!" Please take this opportunity and make it happen!!

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

-----------------------travel update---------------------------------

Mark did receive our flight reservations yesterday. I have asked my military friends for their advise on relocating. They've all said, "Don't consider the trip started until your plane's wheels are off the ground!" Point well taken! That said, we are hoping to leave on 7/24 from Dayton and arrive in Honolulu at 8:00 p.m. (2:00 a.m. Ohio time). We will take a break there until 7/27 when we depart for down under!! We will arrive on the world's only island continent in Sydney on 7/29 at 6:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. 7/28 Ohio time), change plane's (board our first Qantas flight!!!) and head for Canberra. We'll be in the country's capital for a few days. Mark will check in with US Embassy while the girls and I recover from jet lag! Then on the 1st of August we'll fly to Brisbane! (arrive midnight 7/31 Ohio time).