We had a whirlwind trip back to the States with the help of Windy's sister, Emily, and her daughter, Kelsey. We flew from Taipei, Taiwan to Tucson, AZ, USA on the 5th of June. We landed in Tucson about 2 hours after we left Taiwan, well that's only because we crossed the international date line! We were in airports or in the air for about 15 hours. Between the 3 adults 2 children and 1 infant we had 11 suitcases, 2 car seats and a stroller to check in. 4 pieces of luggage were delayed a day from LA to Tucson because of the tiny commuter jet we were on.

We spent 3 days with Windy's mom, DD, in Green Valley, AZ (south of Tucson) and indeed went to Wal-mart on the way to DD's house and bought matching socks! We also ate at Jack in the Box. Oh the joys of being home!

We adopted Emily's old car, a 1995 Mitsubishi Montero and are very happy to have our own independent transportation again. Windy really struggled with transportation in Taiwan. Now she gets to pay over $3 a gallon for gas and replace the windshield as well a regular oil changes and maintenance! OK, so Taxis were cheaper, but now I can go where I want to when I want to! Yippee! OH yeah, and parking is a non issue where I've been.

We visited Windy's dad for just a day to celebrate Fathers day with the annual water balloon toss.On Saturday the 9th of June (a week early).Then hit the road again and made it to Beaver High Adventure Base Boy Scout Camp by midnight on the 10th of June after 2 mis-adventures. We went to our storage unit in Cedar City to pick up a few things and didn't realize the time zone had changed and couldn't get out of the gate after 9 pm. We thought we were doing well to be done at 8:45, ARIZONA time. Oops! Oh well, we were able to get the gate opened in about 20 minutes and were on our way again. The 2nd misadventure was loosing a duffel bag of baby clothes and toiletries off the roof rack as we didn't have any more room inside the car and though we were nearly to our destination and didn't tie it down properly.

Well anyway we are mostly enjoying our time at camp, though it's been a super rough transition on Cordelia at only 2 and a half months old. The climate when from 90 degrees F and 90 percent humidity to 40 degrees at night and 5 percent humidity!

We are working hard and getting full of nice clean dirt!