Hannah Home......for a visit!

Purpose:  To visit one special guy for his birthday ~

a SURPRISE visit!  :)

What fun!

Extra benefit ~ they came to visit us as well!!!!!

Most of you know.....John is hiking the Appalachian Trail

(made it almost to MASS. at this point)

and Hannah is travelling in Central and South America.

They rested

Courtney, Pat and kids came over

A most precious reunion of Lincoln with Auntie Hannah

~ Lincoln hugged TIGHT

Pat came from work ~

We played out back

Alden came from work ~

great HUGS and happy faces!

 Some good eating and visiting

THEN.....Pat gathered up the kids

 Yet....more goodbyes

took the kids home ~

 so the 6 of us could ~

visit, laugh and get caught up REAL good til the wee hours of the

morning ~ SO very special.
Thanks Pat for giving us that time!

These guys stayed up even longer. ......

 Alden and Hannah got to run together this morning ~

P.S.  The weather was GORGEOUS today!!!!!

These two talked and played guitars ~

Hannah and John enjoyed Burke Lake ~

before we all headed to dinner.

Hannah got to enjoy her roommates for a little while

AND ......

yes......Hannah and John are off tomorrow.....

back to their perspective adventures.

Hannah back to Central America...

and John back to the TRAIL.

5 a.m. Wednesday morning ~

 all ready to head to the airport.....

to say yet.....another goodbye.

Hannah is safely back in Central America ~ met up with her friend

(as I write at 7:30 p.m. Wed evening)

and John took a bus today back to the TRAIL (almost in Massachusetts).



As Alden, John and I left the airport.....the sun was just rising. 

John's roommates took him to breakfast, before he left on a bus.

What a sweet time of visiting ~

we're thankful for this VERY special time.

Safe travels you guys ~

God be with you.