Duluth!

This last weekend we got to go visit Duluth! We are only able to make it back once a year, but it always feels like coming home.

I was particularly excited this time because we also got to hang out with my friend Anna and her sweet baby boy!

While we were there, Micah got to push baby N around in his stroller for awhile. He took his job VERY seriously!

I was so pleased to see how much Micah remembered Duluth! We heard, "Hey! I've been here before." a LOT! He was just under 3 when we left and it's been 2 years now, so I would have thought most of his memories were gone...but he was asking about visiting Playfront and the children's museum, and describing them beyond what he would have just seen in pictures or heard in stories. He didn't ask about our old house, so we didn't bring it up or drive by.

Liliana was just a baby when we left, so she doesn't remember anything. But we told her lots of fun stories about her time there. The night before we moved, we went down to throw rocks in the water one last time and she would sneak rocks into her mouth when we weren't looking and then not move her tongue so we wouldn't catch on that she had one...she was a very stealth-like baby. So we had to constantly squeeze her cheeks to pop out the rocks. It was a little like a baby gumball machine.

The highlight of the trip though was visiting our church! Jeremy preached, I did the children's message, and the kids had their own posse of friends to play with! It truly felt like we had never left. When we were on our way home Micah said, "Duluth is the awesomest!!! Let's turn the van around right now and go back!!" and Liliana said, "That was cool!" and then promptly feel asleep. She was worn out.

We can't wait to go back again next year!!!