Last night in USA!

So tomorrow is the big day and I am a mixture of emotions! I am excited, scared, nervous and hopeful. Graham and I have been packing and repacking, trying to spend time with friends and family and running last minute errands. Like I said earlier, it is very difficult to prepare to go to another country for an extended period of time, especially when you can only bring two 50 pound bags (plus a carryon and personal item which I have packed full, obviously!!).

We had a wonderful Christmas in Alexandria, followed by a visit to Pennsylvania and Delaware to see more family members including Graham's adorable grandpa Sam. I had the best time visiting him and getting to know him. I think he really liked me too! We chatted, went out to lunch and even danced together. We are so thankful for our time with him and his caretaker Wallid, who is amazing!!

We spent New Years in Sperryville, VA together which was our 1st anniversary (yay)! Some of our friends came by to visit and we had a great time! It is so relaxing in Sperryville!

Thank you everyone for the well wishes! We are so blessed to have the support of all of our friends and family! Thank you especially to my family who has made our "homebase" possible, collecting our mail, letting us store things and the list goes on and on.

We wish you all good health and many blessings in 2011 and hope to see each and everyone of you in Portugal, haha!!!

xoxo