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He's Back! Whoo Hoo!!

Well, Vince is finally back home from his trip to Peru. Yea!! We were all so glad to see him again! He had a great time and I'm sure will be talking more about it all on his blog.

I loved this picture of him telling the kiddos all about his trip using my dad's globe (we're still at their house).


I'll be back soon now that I have my usb cord for my camera! Vince took it to Peru with him (oops!) and I couldn't find one here at my parents' house to fit my camera, nor could I get my memory stick to fit any ports on their computer. Arrrgh...oh well, I can now upload pics and post about what we've been up to. Sorry I was unintentionally scarce this week....

P.S.
And I had to show you a pic that I sneaked and took at the airport last night while my mom and I were waiting for our *men* to arrive. It was a large group (I only got a shot of maybe a third of them) of family and friends who were all decked out in Red, White & Blue. They had on *Uncle Sam* hats and were waving flags--they even had a boom box with patriotic music. My mom and I thought they must be welcoming a soldier home. And they were, but not one from the US military. A Christian soldier--a missionary--who hadn't been home in 2 years. It was quite a celebration that they put on at the airport and we thoroughly enjoyed witnessing it!
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