Last weekend, Ben mom and I made a trip to Kentucky! Chris suggested I needed some time to myself ( before the baseball season begins) to get away and to introduce friends and family to our newest little arrival. It was great fun to be with friends I hadn’t seen in a long time. I stayed with Laura and John and was able to spend time with Karla and Nicole too. I also went by the pregnancy Center and got to talk to Janet for a long time. It was great having my mom along on the trip. She was staying with her sister Grace, but offered to babysit, so Laura and I went to dinner at my favorite Bella Note. I was sad that Raegan and her Mallaney were in Hong Kong visiting her sister and her new niece Maddie Rae and I missed by only 2 days. I also went to Louisville to be with the Kelty’s. My mother and father-in-law were the only Kelty’s that had met Ben. It was great fun to hang out at Derek and Kelly’s new house and to be with everyone. I hated that it was a short trip but I came back refreshed. Chris and John had a lot of fun while I was gone. Admittedly it was great to get home to John. It was the longest I had been without seeing him. He greeted me at the door with a huge hug and “Welcome Home from Tucky!!!” Now he likes to play the “Mommy comes home from Tucky” game. I of course love this game becasue it means lots of hugs, “I love you’s and I missed you’s!!!” Okay, so the game was my idea!! It was a short trip and I’m sad I didn’t get to see more friends. At the end of March Chris and I will travel back together with our kids for about a week for the occassion of derk and Kelly’s wedding. My parents will be going too because they have asked my dad to marry them. So fun! Though I have lived in Harrisonburg for most of my life, kentucky will always feel like home!