Going home

We just returned from our return trip home and had an incredible time. We recently reached the halfway mark of our stay in London, so the timing of the trip was perfect. We spent a few days in Phoenix visiting my family and then spent about a week in OC catching up with friends, work and getting in some much needed sun. The hightlights: Meeting many new babies who were born while we've been away, seeing the Angels beat the Devil Rays during Wednesday's game, catching up with friends during happy hours, going to the beach, learning two of our close friends are pregnant and watching our soon to be London friends Susie & Glenn say "I Do."

Here is the happy couple... Susie just got accepted into the Global Exchange Program and they will be joining us in London in September!

Overall, the trip went fast and before we knew it we were heading back here. I know you may not believe me, but the trip home made me officially homesick! I haven't had much homesickness while we've been here, but I think seeing everyone and the weather being so great just really added to the feeling. At the same time, being home reminded me how lucky we are to have this experience and such a great life to return to.

Some overall musings and thoughts and experiences over the last week to share:

- the people of OC are just incredibly good looking. Much better looking than the lot here in London... Take the case of some of our incredibly handsome friends for instance (at happy hour on Thursday night):

- as much as things change, mostly things stay the same

- those friends of ours who are parents have produced some incredible kids! Here is little Ellie, daughter of my friend Rachel at her first "girls lunch"

and my friend and fellow blogger Laurie & her three girls when we go them standing in one area for 30 seconds to take a pic: Adia, Ruby & Chloe:

- the weather in CA is hands down the best... and I appreciate it more than ever when we came home to typical London weather- overcast and chilly. We took in a day game and got some great seats... so I could watch my fave pitcher Frankie warm up and go out and get a save for my fantasy baseball team:

- I miss US TV! I can't believe I went 9 months without the Food Network

You can see more pics from the wedding and such on our link. We are home for four days and this weekend we leave again- this time for Lisbon in Portugal with a group of our friends. I think it is the perfect antidote to homesickness- get right back on the travel horse and be reminded of why we are here- friends and travel!