Well, obviously our two years in Japan have ended. We were terribly sad to say goodbye to Japan and to all of our friends--many practically family. We really didn't want to leave... but we were also excited about the adventures to come. We left in July. First we visited our family in Pennsylvania, where Brad and I met so many years ago.

We had so much fun with cousins and grandparents and the kids just soaked up that big back yard and all the fun to be had.






Amelia got her wish to have a campfire and s'mores.






This beautiful, artistic, intelligent girl let me take a few pictures of her and her gorgeous curls.


We of course visited our favorite Amish Smorgasbord for breakfast and had ice cream at our favorite places. We visited some friends and just enjoyed the calm of that quiet town. We always love returning to Pennsylvania.