Welcome Home Huffmans

Tanja, Del and my nephews arrived back safely and without difficulty (other than the usual airport hassles) this afternoon.

Once I got home from work my Mom and I went over to their house to get dinner ready. We bet a dollar on when they would be home. I lost the bet as they got home just before 7:30pm which is what my Mom had guessed.

I have to say I'm a little relieved (relieved isn't really the right word, but I am happier and feel more complete now that they are back). I missed not having them around. I know it's not completely fair to say, seeing as they were only gone two weeks and in the past I have been the one to leaves for longer periods of time (i.e. Scotland and Japan), but I am happy that they enjoyed themselves, that the boys got to spend some time with their Great-Grandparents and had an overall good trip (though my sister said it is quite sad because my Grandfather's Alzheimer's has gotten so bad and my Grandma isn't doing so great either).

Dinner was good, my Mom had made Del's favourite dinner (a type of German potatoe casserole) and the cake was a hit! Ty especially loved the money in it, which I knew he would.

My sister is great. And she's so fortunate - she's got two amazingly beautiful, sweet boys and a great husband as well, she deserves it all and anything else that she should ever desire. The sap in me is so happy for them that is sometimes brings me to joyous tears when I see them together as a healthy, normal and very loving family. I hope that one day I'll experience the same joys. It is just so pure and innocent and just so right, I'm so happy for them.

After getting home at about 9:30pm I took Asili for a drive and went to get a coffee at Timmies. By the time I drove around back past my sister's to go to the Timmies in Gravenhurst five to ten minutes after we had left theirs, all the lights were already out. They were beat as they'd had an exceptionally long day of traveling.

I'm going to go enjoy the rest of my coffee and read the book I currently can't put down.