I know some of you must wonder if we really made it back to the PI or if we are stuck somewhere in Hong Kong. We did arrive back at 11:45 pm on Wednesday September 5. The rest of our trip to Manila was uneventful. We landed early, breezed through immigration, picked up our 8 bags and headed through customs. Emily was in the lead and led us to an empty line with a tired looking woman who just waved us on through, no questions asked. Lesson learned: I think we will always let Em be in the front. Filipinos seem to really love her. As we went out to meet our friend Raul, the sky opened up and so we had to load the car amidst a heavy downpour. It has been relatively dry and hot of late so the rain was much needed. We arrived home to working power, water, and gas, but typical--no phone or internet. It was unseasonably hot and humid the first week back, but heavy rains the last few days have begun to cool things off.
We have now been home just over a week. It has been a crazy time as I have begun homeschooling the children again. For many different reasons, we made the decision last spring to bring the kids home again. The kids are settling back in to a routine that was once familiar. Emily has seen a few friends and evevn been to a sleep over, but Will and I have developed bad colds and had to cancel a play date with his friends Sam and Lawrence. On Mondays we go to piano lessons and then we will go to the Faith library. Will has asked if he can eat lunch with his friends that day. So hopefully he will catch up with some guys on Monday.
I have many pictures I want to share, but they are all still on my camera up 2 flights of stairs and I just can't seem to remember to bring it down. Maybe tomorrow.
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