The kids are a little upset that they are missing the first day of school, and all of the excitement about friends, courses, classes, options and lockers. We completely understand that this an important time in their lives, and we sometimes worry that this trip is not in their best interest. However, we hope that when they return, everything will be right with their world and they won't resent missing some of grade 8 and 9. We even gave them the option to call it...

Tessa's Blog Hi everyone! It is Tessa reporting from Scotland. Is it ever beautiful; the sights we've seen are insane. I've enjoyed every moment of it. You should see the amount of sheep we've seen here, it is hilarious. Sheep there wait over there, wait… THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! I am having an amazing time! We took the scenic route to Apple Cross and was it ever amazing. We went up a huge hill and we went into the clouds. I got out and stood in the clouds!!...

Happy anniversary! We decided that today would be a lay-around lazy day, spent swimming, lounging by the pool, reading, and updating the blog. At the end of the day, we went out for supper for our anniversary. At first, we weren't going to take the kids but when we couldn't find a fast food place, we brought them along for pizza and spaghetti. Barry and Margaret had the meze (meze is not an appetizer (although meze dishes can be served as appetizers), but rather...

Last night reminded us, quite abruptly, that we are no longer 13 or 14 years old. That's good, we think, but watching Connor and Tessa snooze away in contortionist positions while we tried to turn our catnaps into some kind of REM experience just made the night longer. Twelve hours later, found us bleary-eyed and hot and sticky as well as an hour and half late for our arrival in Corfu. Normally, this kind of thing is not a big deal but it was Sunday, which meant...