My aunt just showed up at my house with a birthday gift and a container of my favorite homemade cinnamon rolls just for me. The birthday girl.
Have I blogged about how lucky I am lately? Because I really am blessed with a loving family that I adore.

Allison is so over tired and winy that I am loosing my mind the last couple of days. I feel bad because it’s not her fault we have been on the go the past few evenings causing her to be up past her bed time and she is a girl who really needs her sleep. Thank goodness we don’t having plans for the next three days so she can get back on her schedule because I am really losing my patience. BIG TIME !

Allison had a great time but was very happy to be home last night. She met us at the terminal with tears rolling down her face and great big hugs. Things were kind of hectic getting in last night. We really only had a few quiet minutes together before bed. I am looking forward to seeing her photos tonight that I dropped off this morning on my way to work and hearing all about everything. So far she told me as far as sight seeing The Eiffel Tower was her favorite.

In fact she called us from France to tell us that before she even came home. We knew that while on her trip the best way for her call home any time she wanted was by using international phone cards. It just makes things a whole lot easier when it comes time to pay the bill because there is no bill. We have been big users of using calling cards while on vacation even before I searched GetMeCallingCards.com for the best France calling cards a week before she left. We even leave one up north in our trailer now for those weekends that run in to “long” weekends and we need to call the babysitter or even the office to say we wont be back for one more day. Those are my favorite calls to make with our calling card! One more day !

I love it that I can track their flight online. I woke up and saw they had left London on time and will be landing in Washington this afternoon and then arriving in Detroit this evening. I can’t wait to pick them up at the airport and give my girl a big hug.

In some ways I can’t believe Allison will be back home tomorrow night already. These two weeks went by so fast. Yet there have been a lot of moments like this morning when I went in to her room to feed her bunny my heart kind of ached a bit. I really miss her. Two weeks is a long time for my eight year old to be gone so far from home.
I also got her post card from France today. I can’t wait to hear all about everything.

I heard from Allison and my mom. Sounds like they are having a blast! They’ve been out doing a lot of sight seeing and have already been to Buckingham Palace and spent the day in Oxford and enjoyed fish & chips at a pub near the water. Tomorrow is their day in France. I sure hope they have nice weather.

Here is a photo I found in my email this morning of Allison during their visit to Oxford University,

and outside the pub with her new friend Morgan.

I can’t wait to hear all about Paris.