While We Were Away

There wasn't too much excitement in Kansas while we were gone, but when I went out this morning to check on the garden, I found the biggest cucumber I've ever seen! It was 13 1/2 inches long and about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. This picture does it no justice...

Other things when you come home from a long, overseas trip? A giant pile of mail and everyone waking up super early (even by my standards) because when it's 3AM here, it's actually 9AM in Dublin--you know, the time we are all still on. So Brian got an early start to work and it looks like we'll be at the grocery store before 8AM. We've already caught up on our laundry and Chris, who has been dancing on the streets of Ireland but hasn't worn his hard shoes in a week and a half, has been breaking them back in in the laundry room since about 7AM.