All Are Home

Mom and Dad are breathing a little easier now that our family is back together. Late Saturday afternoon Evie and I arrived home from our little vacation, both counting down the hours until out boys would be home.

Josh arrived home late Sunday afternoon dragging along. His flight out of Detroit was delayed over two hours. He finally crawled into bed around 10 after being awake for just over 30 hours.

Jonathan arrived home early this afternoon after an early morning flight out of the Oklahoma. As the bus arrived at camp at 2 AM, he too had been up since Sunday 8 AM and crawled into bed this evening just after 9.

Josh has been telling us stories of his journey….his favorite stop being Switzerland and least favorite was Paris. He reports that Paris traffic makes DC rush-hour look light. He greatly enjoyed London (his hotel being just down the block from IHQ) but complained that they did not have time to do any shopping. He enjoyed Venice without any traffic and beautiful buildings.

Though Jonathan enjoyed TMI last year, he found it more enjoyable this year. Knowing some campers from last year also aided in the enjoyment by fitting in quicker. He had the opportunity to work four times one on one with Robert Redhead on composing, as well as playing under his baton in the TMI band (their top band) as the principal cornet. Again this year he received the Cornet Award for being the top cornet player in the camp.

So we are all back home…but our standard schedule. Tonight Josh had a sectional rehearsal for three hours. Tomorrow he is at the school from 8 to 4 for the start of the marching band schedule. Jonathan returns to work in the morning. Tomorrow Evie and I spend a couple of hours in the evening getting the camper ready for our friends to take to Disney this weekend, and then meet them on Wednesday to go over how to use the various systems. Busy…but normal. It is good to see each other for evening prayers before turning in.