Home safe

Just a quick update to let you know we are back home in Texas. All of our final travels went off without a hitch. Sunday we left our apartment in Bielefeld, took a 4 hour train to Mainz, checked into our hotel, and then hopped a train to Bingen so we could take a boat trip on the Rhine River. Today, all the kids once again did fantastically on the 10 hour flight from Frankfurt to DFW. Now they are crashed out in bed. The temperature is around 104 here in the shade (but we have air conditioning now.) We'll sure miss the chance to enjoy the outdoors as much as we did in Bielefeld.

We owe a huge thanks to our neighbors, the Wallaces, for watching over our house and keeping our yard looking immaculate. Also thanks to our friend Kristen who watered our plants, checked on things inside the house, and picked us up and dropped us off from the airport. And tomorrow she starts giving swimming lessons to the kids. (And she's getting her Ph.D. in math - not sure what we'll do without her when she's gone!)

When I get the chance, I will post one more blog, with photos from our final days of our journey. We are headed to Houston Wednesday through Friday for a math conference, but after that, we'll stay tight to home for a while. Well, except for Dave, who'll be going to Norway for two weeks in a month. The excitement never ends for us.