Sorry for the delayed travel update.

Hey team,

The travel back in time, literally, to Michigan went better than we imagined. The kids each got 3 - 4 hours of sleep during the 24 hour period that summed up moving from Shanghai to Holland. Their spirits were even high enough upon arrival at GR to head out to Olive Garden with Aimee's sister Heather and her husband, Dave. Aimee had been craving salad and breadsticks since mid-January.

Thanks for your prayers. If you had told me, before liftoff, that the kids would each sleep 3 or so hours, I would have assumed the worst. It worked out great because, they were able to "crash" in their old beds on Thursday night after basically pulling an "all-nighter".

Elijah has had the most difficult time. For the first 5 nights, he was getting up between 1:30 and 2:00am to eat lunch and get some playtime. Last night, he skipped "lunch" but Anna got up several times. Compared to our Shanghai experience, this has been a cakewalk.

We've had a great time seeing family and friends. It's a bummer that we can't see everyone fast enough. I leave on Saturday and will miss seeing several important people....but I'll be back in mid-June!

Our computer is being shipped back to Dell for a repair so the blog has been light on pictures lately. I did manage to get a video posted from our Aimee/Phil birthday party on Monday night. I think pinata-bashing may quickly become a new Bowman Birthday tradition. It was a riot. Perhaps it's just the boy in me that loves to hit stuff that might explode. Watching everyone take a 1" dowel rod about a yard long and beat the daylights out of a swinging target was music to my eyes.