Had 2 marvelous weeks in NC and 1 fabulous week in MD. It was wonderful to see family and friends while I was home ... many thanks to ALL of you for making the effort to come for a visit and/or rearrange your plans to do lunch/dinner/drinks. Time seemed to fly by, and leaving was exceptionally tough - miss everyone already. For everyone I didn't get a chance to see while I was home - how about a quick trip to Hanoi??? Door's always open!!
I'll let the pictures tell the story of my vacation ... enjoy!
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| I was so excited to go home I arrived at the airport 4 hours early - only to wait 2 hours before the gate opened. Awesome. |
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| My trusty steed home. |
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| Back in North America! |
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| Heading to my favorite place in the whole world :) |
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| After 2 days of solid rain, the sun FINALLY broke through! |
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| My adorable nieces - they loved their hats! |
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| Sunrise at Topsail |
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| Panoramic from our porch - most beautiful beach in the world. |
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| Love my Joshie |
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| Kaitlin and Maddie playing on the 4th of July |
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| Eating sand - awesome. |
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| Look at those curls! |
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| Deb and her girls |
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| Me and Daniel Craig :) |
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| Yay Gaylor! |
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| Deb and me ... |
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| ... take 2 |
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| The Manchester girls at their dad's birthday dinner! |
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| Happy birthday Morgs! |
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| Love these 2 |
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| The Blauch's! |
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| Deb and sleepy Maddie |
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| 3 of my favorite guys in the whole world! |
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| The 3 amigos! |
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| Me and Ry Guy |
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| Mom snuggling a sleepy Mads |
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| Reunited with Belle!!!! |
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| Maddie will LOVE this when she's older :) |
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| Deb and her girls |
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| Happy engagement, Savannah and Zach!! |
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| Zach and Savannah at their engagement party! |
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| Zoe with the Bride and Groom! |
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| I LOVE grocery stores in the US - unbelievable options. My Quang Ba minimart doesn't QUITE compare :) |
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| Mads liked the baked ziti! |
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| Me and Zoe at Crab Pot - right before ... |
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| ... these! Tequila to get lunch started off right! |
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| The happy couple |
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| Crawdads! |
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| Manchester family (Mads was napping) |
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| Belle was OVER the car ride |
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| Home sweet home. |
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| Think she's pretty comfortable. |
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| How can you NOT love this face?!?!? |
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| Mom liked her prayer flags! |
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| No trip to Annapolis is complete without a visit to the Naval Academy! |
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| Herndon Monument |
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| A little piece of Asia on the Academy's campus - love it! |
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| Trip down memory lane - my elementary school! |
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| @ the scenic overlook - or as mom likes to call it - "oh sh*t hill" |
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| Mom @ the scenic overlook |
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| I SIGNIFICANTLY contributed to the American economy |
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| Last picture of Belle - miss her already! |
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| And I'm back! Gooooooooooooood morning Vietnam! |
Many MANY thanks to my family and friends for the wonderful three weeks - love and miss you all!
