Trip Home May/June 2013

Mark and I were back in The States for a little over 2 weeks in May/June.  Our first leg of the trip was spent in Denver for our friend, Amit’s, wedding.  It was a great long weekend spent visiting with several friends from Houston, sightseeing Denver (where I’ve never been), attending a baby shower, visiting some family, and enjoying the amazing wedding festivities!

Our drive up to Mt. Evans

Mark, Amit (the groom), and Scotty B

Myself and the mom-to-be :)

Henna at the Sangeet/rehearsal dinner

Houston friends: Brian, Scott, Amit, and Mark

Dancing in the downtown streets of Denver as our Groom rides a horse!

Amit on the horse

Amit riding his horse into the Brown Palace Hotel

Mark and I at the wedding ceremony

Us and the bride and groom, Kavita and Amit

From Denver, Mark and I flew into St. Louis where we met Gordon, Gayle, and Mark’s grandma for an early dinner with Mark’s Aunt, Uncle, and 3 of his cousins – lots of fun! 

Following dinner in STL we made the 3 hour drive to Mt. Vernon. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I slept nearly the entire time! Jet lag never hits me right away, I think because I’m so excited to be back that I run on adrenaline, but then 4-7 days into the trip I CRASH!

While in Mt. Vernon, Mark and I got to visit lots of family and friends.  We also enjoyed spending time doing things that are either impossible to do in Singapore or significantly different – Mark played lots of golf (extremely expensive to do in Singapore), we visited our favorite local restaurants, and rode four-wheelers.  The celebrating didn’t stop in Denver either!  We celebrated Poppy, Gayle, and Mark’s birthdays and had an early celebration of Gordon’s retirement and I celebrated my little sister's graduation :)

 

My sisters, Rachael and Terra, at our sister sleepover

My beautiful niece Brinkley

Terra and Brink

Brink again - I'm a little proud in case you can't tell ;)

Me and my Poppy

The fam

Celebrating Gayle and Poppy's bdays - I purposely had the cake say "Poopy" as he earned the nickname after accidentally signing my birthday card that way once!

My Aunt Kimberly and her new baby, Charlotte

Mark and Dad grilling - Dad is a huge help on the grill ;)

Happy Birthday!

Brinkley's first trip to Nagasaki!

My little sister, Rachael, and I at her graduation party - can't believe she will be in college next year!

Indiana <3

Early celebration of Mark's birthday

All-in-all, it was another great trip home and we can’t wait for the next one!!