It's so good to be in PA, even if it's just for a week. As I look at the gardens in the back (which look great and have supplied us with vegetables - Mom has really put some work into it), I'm reminded of how much my parents invested in us five kids. Whether it was a trampoline, making us work in the garden, supporting our excavation and construction in the far corner of the yard or, most recently, helping us in our world traveling to expand our view of the world, MAN! They really worked hard to give us the best and train us in the way we should go. It's great to come back and see our house transforming, growing, becoming more and more that place of refuge that it always has been. I can't wait to come back when all five of us have families of our own, and our kids can play in that yard and in that tree.More pictures from the Europe trip are up on Flickr.
(the best tree in the world)
