Tomorrow a.m. “the girls” Breanne and Krista, arrive home. I knew I was excited. What joy to see how the children are anticipating being together. This is what a mom dreams of. The younger ones are BoUnCiNg off the walls!
Bre called this .a.m. while I was in the shower to tell us that they are flying out tonight. They have a test and then will head to the airport.
We called my folks last night and all looks good for them to be flying out from OR tonight as well.
The big surprise they don’t know of is that I’ve booked the tickets so that they will all meet up in Dallas and fly on the same commuter for the last leg of the journey. Those planes are small but not wanting to leave anything to chance, I booked seats next to each other for them. We are praying here that they all make their connections and arrive in Dallas at the same time.
Tomorrow in the a.m. Stacia will meet her grandmother and grandfather Townsend for the first time. The girls are excited to see her as she was only a month old when they left. She does many new things now…and is even CHUBBY.
I was explaining to Arielle, Nolan and Zander that they are all flying tonight but that we will pick them up in the morning. I told them that it will be early and they will either be here at the house when they get up or I could wake them up and they could go with us to the airport to pick everyone up. Zander grabbed my face and said, “Mom you wake Nolan and me, Alex, up!”
We anticipate the best part of this Christmas being that we will witness the growth and changes in the girls. I think they will be amazed at how well we’ve managed to get on without them…
Of course, I’m already praying that the visit is as good as I’ve hoped. That we find lots of time to communicate in the midst of a busy Chaplain’s home at Christmas. I’m determined that the shadow of saying farewell doesn’t color the excitement of being together. We’ve always said each new phase of parenting was our “favorite” but Mike and I are not much enjoying having chickadees leave the nest.
I told the little ones we need to clean and then the girls will be home. Zander just came in and said, “Welp!, it’s all cleaned up!” Twenty-one and a half hours until the family is all under one roof.
