Thursday, May 14, 2009

happy 40s

a couple of weeks ago matt's brother, mark, turned 40. this week my sister, beth, turned 40 as well. april & may are busy months in our families. my goal at this point is to make it home before any other family events! :) by the sounds of esme's paperwork i think that could be doable.

we are hoping that we make monday's flight. it seems like her papers should be delivered to the embassy that morning. if so, i will get to the embassy to pick them up and hit that evenings flight. there is a slight chance that they won't be at the embassy monday, in which case i would have to take the wednesday flight (there are only 3 flights a week off the island). i literally won't know until monday if we are leaving that day or not. but we are happy to be here this weekend to see people before we go, do some final shopping and visit a couple of places i have been meaning to see before i go. so we're excited for our last weekend in RMI.


happy belated birthday uncle mark and auntie biz biz from Ezzy:



5 comments:

Shirley Prince said...

very cute bday sign for the 40th bdays!! Happy Birthday Beth and Mark from me too!

The video is cute, nice to hear your voice in addition to getting another gander at beautiful Esme!

Soon you'll be back in MN! Just in time for Memorial Day Wkend!

Miss you!
Sheryl

Anonymous said...

Love the video.
kb

Anonymous said...

Very sweet video...she is growing up so fast!! Looking forward to seeing you soon!


Leah

Anonymous said...

just getting my daily 'Esme' Fix':)
It's been great to share in your journey. May you both have safe travels back to MN.
Blessings,
Lisa Paulson

No Sale said...

Kate, Yokwe and hello.
I hear you may be leavin soon! Congrats, it was VERY strange comin home, I couldn't wait to get here, but I can't seem to get used to not bein with my "island family", I really miss being made fun of constantly, seein all of the shacks, poverty, wierd guy with fork in head band, pods of people,beautiful water, and all the new friends.
Thank you for spendin so much time with us, showin us the ropes, comin to the airport and makin my time on the island so enjoyable!
Hey you're on face book right?! I just sent Matt a friend request, you know it's soooo scary puttin yourself out there like that, fear of gettin rejected and all!
(In case you hadn't noticed, I INTENTIONALLY left all my g's off for you).
Your pooch in the baby carrier was so funny, if Esme only knew she's laying her face where the dogs butt was! Not as bad as feet on the table but close.
Matt, if you read the comments too, wanted to say HEY, hope you get to see your girls soon!
Keep in touch,
Dinker