US of A

Planes, Trains and Automobiles for days.
These girls just picked right back up. Being back in Virginia is surreal. It's all so familiar and yet, it feels like another lifetime that we were there. So much has happened. The Patees had us over for dinner when we landed. Thankfully we were feeling pretty good. Brigham seems to be the only one with very noticeable jet lag. 




After some desperately needed sleep we headed to the Christins. The girls were so excited to see these friends. I wish we could've recreated our neighbor situation and had our own place there with another yard and basement to bounce back and forth too. Brigham was a great sport but visibly bored. 







Visiting with the Spigarellis was a huge blessing in our lives. Not only do we love hanging out with them, they saved our bacon. Brigham was especially grateful for the respite from the girl intensity. 
They fed us.

Taught us new games. 



And showed us a fun time!


 

Our first trip was to see the Rosenlunds which was so lovely. They moved from Houston to Utah just in time for some fun visits!
Sennia and Rachel hit it right off again.


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