Welsand's in London

Our Holiday Home

What an odd thing to take "holiday" where we used to live...nonetheless we had a great trip home to Minnesota and Wisconsin. We loved being able to spend time with family and friends, enjoy our parents cabins at Lake Wilson in Minnesota and Lake Nebagamon in Wisconsin, get some shopping in for supplies and clothes so desperately needed, eat some great meals, caught up with friends and more! It was so nice to do the day to day things like drive the car, get groceries with the car, drive-up and get a coffee, watch a little "tele", let Sophie run around in Grandma's garden (aka yard), use the dryer (ahh, no crunchy undergarments!), and so many other little things...

Some highlights of the trip include meeting our new nephew and cousin Mitchell who was born on the day we left for the US (Jeremy's sister Michelle's first baby); spending a few days with my best friend Teresa and her family; having dinner with friends Val and the Jacobsen family; catching up with members of the Lino Lakes Mom's Club while at the beach; spending a weekend in Eau Claire with my best college gal pals and their families; my sister Jill flying in to visit from Seattle; and spending an entire day shopping for clothes (a luxury I can't afford in London) with my sisters.

Sophie had a great time playing with her cousins, especially her cousin Mackenzie who taught her to jump off the ledge of a pool, stick her face in the water, pretty much anything Mackenzie did Sophie copied her, even going potty in the outhouse at Grandma and Grandpa T's cabin! She had so much beach time, she was in heaven. Sophie also had her first crush! She has never been around older boys before this summer at Lake Nebagamon she absolutely adored Billy, which is a second cousin to her, he is going into 9th grade in Chicago. Sophie could not get enough of him, she followed him around and when he paid attention to her she would run off. She actually flirting with him--it was hilarious! He was a very good sport about it. Sophie is still talking about him everyday!

In addition to all the fun we had, there was also business to attend to such as doctor, dentist, eye appointments, Sophie's 2-year photos, all of which we managed to squeeze in as well, barely....and Jeremy flew to Denver for a 3-day workshop on his leg of the trip.

I took 8 rolls of film and have posted a variety from those rolls...sorry this is not all of them...I am not digital yet and scanning takes forever....Please check out our photo website to see those.

It was so great to be home and see family and friends! Thanks to all who took time off to be with us and especially to our parents for helping us to and from the airport, our sister and brother-in-law for storing and helping us with our transportation issues! We love and miss you all very much! Hopefully we will be home at the holidays!

posted by Chris @ 6:37 AM