February 15th, 2013 Catching up. Where to begin. Well, today marks the half way point of our adventure. We left on Dec 15th and we arrive home on April 14th. Wow, we've done so much, but it's crazy to think it's half over. Ryan's ready to go home now, he's missing his girl. He's a good sport tho, and doesn't complain. Thank goodness for Skype-they enjoy that.

This morning was a little crazy. Kari and Jared had a flight from Heathrow to Chicago at 8:40 a.m. They were all packed last night (even taking some of our extra things) and we set to wake up at 5 a.m. Bryn was going with them to the airport so they could use our Oyster cards and so he could help with luggage. Erik's got a bad cold so he and I said goodbye last night. Well, at 7 a.m. when Erik woke up they were still here. Quite the flurry of activity and they were out of here in 10 minutes. They got to the airport by 8 a.m., but too late to make it. They had to rebook on another flight, for $250 each. They get in about 4 hours later than expected, so that's not too bad, and I was afraid that it would cost more. Still a stressful morning, especially at the end of a two month vacation when you're out of money! We sure had a wonderful time with them here tho!

The 4 kids had a 3 day adventure in Dublin, Ireland earlier this week. They had fun cycling around the city, hiking on the Ocean Cliffs at Howth,(about a 30 minute train ride away), walking thru a path that was more like a creek bed, playing in a playground and seeing a Viking Museum. They also got to enjoy some live music one evening.