We made it back, one less kid...

College is so tiring, but didn't want to get rid of the gum Amber gave me!
Tiring for Lyndsay, too
Getting ready to say goodbye...
The hallway to Amber's room - that's Isaac
Amber's dorm is in the background - this is down by the lake which was beautiful!

Well, all went well! While waiting for her dad to get here, Erin was already buckled into the van, waiting to "go to college". We left at 11:15am Monday and arrived in Gary, IN at around 6pm. We stayed with the Pfieffer (SP?) family in their basement and Amber's dad stayed in town at a motel with Brooke. Mrs. P made a delicious dinner of shepherd's pie and we hit the hay early so that we could get up early! Had a terrible nights sleep - Erin cried every 10 minutes in her sleep and kept saying she wanted to go to her room. She'd wake Lyndsay up every once in awhile so I had double duty trying to keep kids asleep! Up at 7am and made it to the campus at 9am to get in line for admissions. She waited in line in the cafeteria balcony then outside in two different lines before getting her room assignment. She's in the Rice 2 building, room 289. She was all unpacked by 1pm our time. She was the second girl out of 5 to arrive, so she got to pick a bed by the window. All of her stuff fit! There were people there with Uhauls! She has a wardrobe by her bed with 2 drawers underneath, a place to hang clothes and a shelf above that. Bed risers under her bed gives even more storage. So, we then went out to lunch at UNO's in town, then took her back to her room and said goodbye. I did okay until she said goodbye to the kids and we both started crying! That was hard. On the way home, Isaac had 2 bouts of crying and missing Amber! We left around 3 and got home at 7:30pm. Then I got everyone here ready for school and the babysitter's house and baths done before going to bed. Then, I heard someone crying again and had to go and reassure him that we would see and talk to Amber quite often! The kids had their first day of school today and all did well. So, here are some pictures, so enjoy!

Chris