Greetings from the USA.. woo hoo...

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Hey Y'all! -
Been a while I know... back on my home turf.... touring with my babies.  it has been BUSY BUSY BUSY.
Our trip home has been NON-stop fun.   A time of spending time with the grandparents & catching up with friends & family.

On our first day back to the states... my baby cousin just happened to be in our area...  we haven't seen each other in 18 years.  YES... 18 years... since I left to work on cruise ships..   that's my baby sister on the left - cousin in the middle..
Cousins meeting for the first time!   :-)








the next day... we took off for a 16 hour drive back to my home state...  T E X A S..  FUN FUN FUN.
We stayed with my mom's best friend.. in WIMBERLY ...  and were lucky enough to spend 2 days on different ranches..   This was Eva's first trip to Texas & she was thrilled to meet some real cowboys!
Talk about a TEXAS sized dog!
I was able to have a slumber party with my one of my BFF's Michele..
We became BFF's in 4th grade... roomed in college... worked on cruiseships together, backpacked through Europe as teenagers together... & she was my maid of honor...

















and even cooler... we finally met her 2 year old twins... 
sooo much to do, soo little time.

Enjoying a little down time this week before I head off to Vegas this weekend with my little sister.
WOOO HOOO...
Sooo good to be home!

Comments

Sally said…
Great pictures.
July 23, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Funny in My Mind said…
You are in my neck of the woods! Enjoy your trip (and our terrible drought) and take lots of pics!
July 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Lynn Proctor said…
so glad you had such a wonderful time--great pics :)
July 23, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Bigloser said…
Just want to say I've enjoyed your blog, read a lot of your posts and I can relate to so much of it. I too am an American living in Fredrikstad, Norway for the last 9 years. I'm from LA and moved here to marry my Norwegian wife. It has not been easy for me either. I don't know why I feel a need to post a comment I guess it's because I can relate so much to what you write. I have two beautiful children a girl and a boy 5 and 7 years old, I used to complain a lot about Norway, my wife was sick of it but like you I see the good side of my kids growing up here. I would like to move back to LA but really never see that happening. I am happy here though and love my wife and children and home will always be were they are. I don't know, I guess misery loves company but in this case it's not misery just difficult!
July 24, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Sara Louise said…
Wimberly is so close to my hometown!
Hope you guys have a great time! Tell Texas HOWDY for me! :)
July 25, 2012 at 7:42 AM
TheFrenchWife said…
Awesome pictures! Are you getting your fix on Velvetta chesse and target?!
July 25, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Kelli Nørgaard said…
You do know that your kids are going to just fall more in love with Texas with each day and each meeting, right?! :-)
July 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM
MommyLisa said…
Cool - my friend Nettie has been home here for a month - she teaches in Norway, so she has the time to take off.
July 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Empty Nester said…
Very much enjoyed your pictures! Looks like everyone is having a marvelous time! It's always nice to come home again, isn't it?!
July 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
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