Back in the UK...

We made it safely home to Dundee on Friday afternoon after a fairly horrible trip. Our flight out of KCI was delayed by 3 hours due to low cloud in New York which meant planes couldn't land into Newark. This resulted in us missing our connection and being put onto the next flight to Edinburgh - not bad we thought. Then we had to endure fairly severe turbulence fro about 2/3 of the 7hr flight over the Atlantic. I haven't prayed so hard for quite some time. It got really crazy over Ireland when we had a short burst of extremely violent turbulence which even had the hostesses cursing. The guy across the aisle from us had a cup of coffee and it ended up over him, Dave and the ceiling. It was really throw you out your seat conditions and had me (and most of the rest of the plane) pretty scared. We were very thankful to land in Edinburgh.

On a brighter note - we had such a good time in Kansas and with Mom and Dad on our trip to Colorado. It was fun to see so many friends and family and to be there for Melissa and Clint's wedding - what a special day to be part of! We had great fun at the football (despite the rain) with the Porters and enjoyed celebrating Kevin's birthday with so many good friends. It was also fun to be around to hear Ben and Jess's "announcement" - way to go guys!

I had a bit of a close shave in Colorado with a male Elk who decided to charge me (I think i was a bit close trying to get the perfect photo). Dave says he's never seen me run so fast! I attach the photo I took of him the instant before the charge - his facial expression says it all. Also, I've attached a photo of a ground squirrel helping himself to our dinner!

Also, check out this nugget: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31916

Best wishes to you all,

Jen & Dave.