Finally home...

This afternoon completed the last part of our journey back home. We left Colorado at about 3:00 am on Thursday and arrived at my parents' house in the early evening. It was so wonderful to see Miriam, visit with my parents and grandma (who had come to visit for the day), and be out of the car! At least I got to sleep for a few hours of the 13-hour trip. I kept asking Matt if he wanted me to drive, but he managed to do the whole trip.

Something we noticed just as we were heading out of Colorado and into Nebraska was the humidity. I had always been told that it was so much more dry in the mountains, but I had never felt it quite as much as I did this week. I quite enjoyed not feeling moisture on my arms and legs 2 seconds after stepping outside. We managed to be away from the midwest during the hottest and most humid week of the summer thus far (and hopefully the worst of the whole summer... but I'm not holding my breath). So anyway, that was literally a lovely warm welcome back to the midwest. Thank you, summer.

We stayed at my parents' house Thursday and Friday night to rest up a bit and headed home this afternoon. Thankfully, our house wasn't completely destroyed by our cats and things didn't take too long to get somewhat back in order. We still have plenty of unpacking and organizing to do, but it's looking more and more like a house every day.

All in all, we had a wonderful trip and are already eagerly awaiting this conference next year!

p.s. we managed to only come away with 45 license plates. We missed Delaware, Vermont, West Virginia, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Bummer.