Saturday, September 17, 2011

he's back!

Chad left a week ago last Wednesday for his elk hunting trip to Colorado.  Here's some pics of his departure.  They took so much stuff...including 2 horses, a four-wheeler, and a motorcycle...quite the entourage.  They were prepared for ANYTHING!





He was gone a total of 8 days and 8 nights.  And from what I know, he had a GREAT time.  He's kind of made for the wilderness :).  And honestly, I love that about him...so I'm glad he enjoyed it.  

But it was hard to have him gone too.  The girls and I had quite the week.  From Friday on, we were sick with bad colds, coughs, and stuffy noses (yes, Emma too)...which made for long nights and tired days.  BUT we got through it with some help from my brother...he even surprised me with Starbucks one day :)...and some visits to my mom's and Andrea's houses.  Adalai and Livie were together a lot...which they loved...they've been playing so good together lately!

As hard as it was to be apart, I have to say it was so good for us too.  The time away made us miss each other A LOT and appreciate each other all the more.  You truly don't know what you have till it's gone.  

To welcome Chad home on Thursday night, Livie and I decorated the front porch with some love notes -  (thanks Andrea for that inspiration!), made cookies, and got sushi carry-out (his fav) :).  


And it was a WONDERFUL reunion.  Livie was glad Chad finally got home from "work" - that's where she said he was all week.  

Yesterday, we just spent the day as a foursome again...checked out the work done at the house (most of the lake is now dug out)...took naps...and even went to the Pumpkin Festival for a little bit!  Livie and Adalai were so cute on these rides...




And our evening was topped off with 29 kids and 1 great grandma taking a picture in a boat :).


13 of them are from the Herman clan...love them all!

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