What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Garden of the Gods

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Garden of the Gods

So we've just finished a nice, week-long, visit with the David family, who came in from Florida to see us. George's brother, Pierre, and his family, as well as their mother, Gloria, all spent a week in Colorado. They were here for Regin's birthday party which was SO great. And we've spent some fun time with them during the week too. Unfortunately I'm not able to post some of the photos. I'm missing a memory card, so we'll see if I ever find those photos. Teddi took our photos for Regin's birthday. I'll post those soon (they're on Facebook already). But I can share some of the rest with you now. First up...

Garden of the Gods !
We went on Tuesday. Gorgeous scenes as always! Regin proved himself to be QUITE the little rock climber. And once he got going, he didn't want to STOP! That is until he had a teeny, tiny fall. Then he was just wanting to be held and carried again. You can see all of the photos as well as download the high-res copies here on Flickr. Highlights are below.

I had Regin on my back for a lot of it.

It was hard for us to get very far. We kept getting stopped every two minutes. People would walk by me saying, "OH CUTE BABY!" and I would smile, thinking it was the one on my back, then I would turn to look, and no... it was our other "baby", the furry one, Smilla. She was a HUGE hit with everyone we passed.

The family, together at the Garden of the Gods.

Alexandra and Pierre

Regin & Papi

Regin climbed up on top of this rock by himself. That whole, steep rock-face on the bottom two thirds of the picture! He was SO proud of himself. He LOVED climbing on the rocks.

Pierre, Dalleny, Anthony & Alexandra

Regin calls Alexandra "Zaca". Cute.

The kids in a cave. Regin was sleepy!

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.