One of the hardest things about living overseas is the distance between family.  Our first month in the States has come and gone (quickly) and we've enjoyed our time mostly spent catching up with family.  With family comes that much loved event - the family picture.  We did truly enjoy the time with our families.  We are now in Tremont, our hometown, where we will spend most of the remainder of our time. 

Josh's family in front of his parent's house in St. Louis.

Brin's family in North Carolina, including the newest member of the family, Luke, who was born just 2 days before we arrived.

  It's always fun to hear the girls as they make comments during new experiences on our travels.  It helps remind us that even though this feels like home to Brin and I, that's not always they case for our girls who were 2, 4 and 8 when we first moved to Brazil.  Here are a sampling of some of the comments we have heard from our girls:

• Gabriella: Dad,what did you have for breakfast?; Me:English muffins, they are in the fridge; Gabriella: [standing in front of the open fridge] What are English muffins?

• [Sitting in the crowded breakfast room at our hotel in Miami, the girls are watching TV as a commercial comes on showing sizzling bacon] Ava: [yelling] BACON, BACON, BACON!!!

• [At the hotel during breakfast, as her mom eats an orange] Gabriella: I didn't take any fruit because I didn't think it was real.

• [From the bathroom] Ava: Where do we put the toilet paper?

Ice skating with Aunt Ronesha.

The cousins: Mia, Maci, Ana and Ava.