Home - for the Moment

Pulled into home about 3:00 p.m. Monday evening. 1,556 miles in 3 days is not our idea of fund - unless we have our grandkids waiting at the other end! But, alas, only two were waiting! We got our hands on Hayden - the 1 year old - about 4:30 - and Grandma just sat and watched him toddle around - and soaked it up! It was like a flash back - to when his daddy was toddling around! He reminds us so much of Russ that I went and pulled out the pictures. Incredible! (Hayden's big sis, Hunter (10) , had left Monday morning for 3 days of 'outdoor school' down in the Arbuckle Mountains, so we won't see her till Wednesday afternoon.)

Then Randy, Shelly & Nick (9) showed up about 6:00 (after swimming lessons) - and we got to visit for a couple of hours, before they had to leave and go pick up Wes from a pool party. Now we know where we rate, for Wes (12) thought the pool party was more important than hanging around waiting on us! Go figure! Hopefully, we'll see his smiling face soon.

We got a few necessities out of the fifth wheel and begin settling in - once again - at Russ & DeAnna's house. After the 'high' of arriving home, the tired begin to settle in and we called it a night. We are so anxious to get to work on the house, but we keep telling ourselves we must clean out the 5th wheel first - our least favorite job.

Wednesday found us playing hooky a bit, running some errands and doing some price shopping for a kitchen sink and faucet, before heading over to surprise Hunter when she returned from Outdoor School. It's just so much more fun to shop than unload that trailer! But we got one more load, Roger dumped it on our bed, and then we, of course, had to empty the bed before we could get in it come bed time.

We gave DeAnna's mom an evening off and I provided taxi service for Hunter to cheer and choir, while Grandpa stayed home and chased Hayden. That was the first time I have driven since my fall, and found it to be quite a challenge.

So the next couple of weeks will be more of the same, I'm sure. During our 'breaks' I continue to finish up paper work, working towards wrapping up our time on the road and sorting through 5 months of piled up mail.

It's good to be home, but in 3 short weeks we head south - and west - to Dallas (Fall break with the grandkids), Houston (KOA alumni reunion) and Phoenix (KOA convention). That's just more of 'normal' for Team Hughes.