Travel Adventures: Kathi the German

Four years ago this thanksgiving will be the anniversary when we had a girl from Germany come live with us. Over these four years she has become one of my very best friends actually more like family who just happens to live in Germany. Well these past two and half weeks Kathi (Katie) came to visit us! It was so much fun having her around again! It has been four years since she has been here and I think she loved catching up with old friends, meeting new ones and meeting some of my family members who didn't exist when she was here. And my family and I definitely loved seeing her again! Well we were busy, busy, busy these past weeks with school, visiting old friends and going on 2 major road trips! The first week she was here we had a family dinner, hung out with my crew, (yeah I have a crew), met this guy I was "set up" with (that was awful), hung out at Ryan & Morgan's house, Kathi met Roman their son, he was scared of her. We also made it over to Chris & Krista's house, she met their kids, Lilly for the first time and the last time she saw Morgan and Ava they were 2 and 3 months, they are 6 and 4 now. She hung out with some people from high school while I was at school or doing homework. Luckily the whole time she was here I only had school Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 3, so we hung out after that and the days I didn't have school. Labor day weekend we went to Vegas, which will be a separate post, and the following weekend we went to San Diego, also will be a separate post. The last week she was here we tried to fit last minute visits and things to do in. We went to the batting cages at her request, when she lived here we had young women's softball so I took her there to test her out and she still has the skills! My brother Ryan and his son Roman came along too and Roman wanted it to be his turn in the cage the whole time but Ryan found an alternative thing for him to do and he had so much fun! We ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel with the crew, also went to the lake that day with Jim Langford, his son in law Jason, Jason's two boys, Ashlee Brown, and her dad! It was super fun! It was my first lake trip here, I have been to a lake in Germany, but this was my first time being on a boat on the lake! Ashlee and the 2 little boys were the only brave enough ones to go cliff jumping! Also we had cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory the last day she was here, and hung out with a ton of people at Elspeth's house, she was having a "The Office" party. This morning at 4:30 we headed to the airport, her flight left at 6 and we said our goodbyes, we will definitely continue to stay friends she is such a sweet, fun person! I am so glad she wanted to come back to visit!

Pictures from the 3 weeks:

Family Dinner (Candid Shots courtesy of Kathi)