Fantastic Family

Our time here in the States is winding down. We've had an incredibly wonderful (and sometimes incredibly exhausting) time. We're starting to feel ready to go home, but the part that makes us saddest to leave is it means we'll have to say goodbye to family for likely a few years. So in these last weeks we have and will continue to soak in every bit of family time possible. (hence the lack of blogging :) Right now we're in Arizona, where my parents now live.

Over Thanksgiving, all of my sisters and their husbands/boyfriend came in town and we had a few days just PACKED with fun! It even included a trip to Sedona. Here's me with my mom and oldest sister, Danielle. Dad and Mom as we did some fun window shopping

Some of the best times though were just hanging out at my parents' new home with the whole gang. Also with my sisters, Jamie and Christa. We enjoyed a lovely evening having shrimp cocktail and broccoli soup as a tribute to Grandma Longo...since those were two of her specialties.

There was no shortage of hanging out time!

The three son-in-laws (so far!) with Dad....I'm pretty sure they were brainstorming for their upcoming day shooting in the desert.

The mini Ciotta family minus Mom (since she was sick) on Thanksgiving day

Well what can I say? Family...it's the best! Being far away from them is the hardest part of doing what we do! We'll miss you a ton over the next few years. But it's not over yet....still ahead we have a few more weeks with Mom, Dad, and Joe. And we're so glad Christa will be back in town for Christmas!