As much fun as it is to go visit friends and hang out at the beach, there's nothing quite like coming home. It really is my all-time favorite place to be.
My interview on Tuesday with Homeword went great--as soon as I find out when it will air, I'll let you know. We ended up doing two programs for the show. I so prefer doing interviews in studio to on the phone--it's nice to sit across from the person you're talking to and I love wearing those ESPN kind of headphone/microphone things. You can hear really well, you can move around without worrying about getting too far from the mic and it's just kind of fun!
Homeword is a cool ministry--go check out their resources if you have some time.
Audrey and I headed up to Irvine Spectrum Mall after the interview for some lunch and a ride on the carousel and ferris wheel. The flight home was uneventful and Toben washed the sheets, so I came home to my own bed with fresh-smelling sheets.
I thought I'd get all unpacked yesterday and sort of back into the routine of things, but we got up and played tennis, dropped the girls off at Mom's house to play with Ava, and then went to the golf course to hit balls and play a few practice holes. Then we picked the girls up and headed to the pool before coming home to baths and hair washing and scrambled eggs for dinner. (Well, scrambled for me; everyone else had tummy eggs.)
I am not good at golf. Toben says I have a good swing and I can hit the ball, but no matter which club I hit, the ball always goes the exact same distance (and usually in all kinds of random directions). The ball should really go different distances based on the club you use. Oh well, it was good for me to walk away from it and know I don't have to be good at everything! (And to walk away without getting horribly frustrated--something I've tended to get in the past. Growing up and getting older has some good points, I guess!)
Such cute, cute pics of you and Audrey!
Posted by: Marla Taviano | June 28, 2007 at 12:32 PM
So glad you made it home and shared these pictures! I'm on the front end of our trip...and with all the packing, I'm already ready to be home :)
May this next week be so very blessed for you and your family!
Love,
Holly
Posted by: Holly Smith | June 28, 2007 at 07:21 PM
JoAnne,
So glad that your flight was uneventful and that the visit went well. I just got back to Wisconsin after a business trip to Phoenix. It took me 23 hours to get home as my flight(s) were cancelled 3 separate times. I ended up getting sent from Phoenix to San Francisco then Detroit then finally home. The joys of modern air travel. So I missed work today -- to get 4 hours of much needed sleep. Tomorrow I am back to work and playing catch up. The positive in all of this was that I had the chance to meet some really nice people along the way who were also stranded in the airport. It warms my heart when people are kind to each other and sometimes it takes suboptimal conditions to force us to pay attention to those around us.
Posted by: Lisa R-P | June 28, 2007 at 09:02 PM