There was such a blend of worlds at our family reunion. And quite a few different time zones as well. We had Garth's step-brother Eric, his wife and two daughters along with his son Adas and his friend Alex from Poland. Garth's step-sister and her two daughters from Seattle, his sister from Virginia with her two daughters, his step-brother from Utah, his Dad and Priscilla and the six of us. It was such an amazing time to go tubing and skiing, jump off the rope swing, go in the hot tub, swim to the raft, eat fantastic food, and laugh. Hanging out on the lawn, getting caught up on each others' lives, laughing at all the funny things the kids have done throughout the year is my favorite part. Reconnecting. Helping the roots go down deeper in our family tree.
Time is too quickly passing us by-summer will soon be over. I don't know about you but I am not sure how I feel about that. This is the time of the summer that we are usually getting ready to leave America to go back to Indonesia. All of our friends there are getting ready to begin school. It starts on the 10th. I feel so unprepared for all of this, but the weird thing is that it will come whether I am ready or not.
It has been wonderful to have so many "distractions" of fun things to do this summer. We have one more family trip planned to my Grandpa's cabin up north next week. Then the County Fair, a visit from Garth's sister and niece, and the start of school. And just like that, summer's over. Right now we are driving back from New York trying to decide if we should drive it straight and get home at 2 am or if we should stop. It is already 9:30 pm and we are pretty bushed so I think we will be stopping.
When we get home I will send you pictures of the trip. It was so beautiful.
Rachel
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