Finally Home

We made it back from Oregon safely. We are all exhausted ~ we got home a little around midnight. The service was very nice. I got to see Randy in a suit, which is a very rare occurance. It was also great getting to meet a lot of the family. This was Randy's biological grandmother. He grew up knowing her and his grandfather, but didn't know the rest of the family. He and his biological brother (who was adopted into a different family) met some of the family for the first time at their grandfather's funeral a few years ago, but since the family didn't really know them, they weren't really treated like part of the family back then ~ I think a lot of people didn't even know who they were. This time it was a completely different experience. An uncle got us hotel rooms, which was very nice. We got a lot of opportunity to sit and chat with some of the family, which we really enjoyed. The service was very nice. After the service and the nice lunch, which consisted of a bunch of Grandma Dunn's recipes, we had to head back to Grandma's house because Randy had left his coat and his wallet there. We ended up being very thankful that he had, even though it added quite a bit of time to our trip home. A few of the relatives headed there after the service, so we got more of a chance to visit with them. There was even talk of a family reunion this summer. It is kind of interesting to meet everyone and see similarities among them and Randy. It shows that who we are is really a mixture of genetics and our experiences. I could see mannerisms that were similar in people Randy had not met or only briefly encountered and of course, a big part of who Randy is comes from his upbringing and experiences through the Rushes (he definitely has Paul's sense of humor!). It is all rather fascinating.

When we finally made it home, we all kind of looked around the housealmost as though we expected things to be different ~ as though, while we were out, little faries had come and changed everything around. Everything had remained the same. We were all very glad to make it home. Randy's motion sickness patch held up until the very last little part of the trip. As I pulled into our community, I had to quickly pull over for him. I am very thankful that the patch worked as long as it did.

We all slept in a bit, but had to get up a little in time to get our dogs. They were very excited to see us. Tonight, we took Cass to her class. Tonight was her first time being on camera. Next week, she will get to see herself and see how she did. We got home in time to head to the church down the street from us to watch a play. A boy she goes to school with was in it and invited her ~ she says he is NOT her boyfriend, but when I made her go say hi to him afterwards, they both turned bright red and he did nothing but look at the floor. It was adorable!

We are glad to be back at home!