Two One-Ways: Settling in

Well, it's been a while since we've posted anything. Our time in France was fantastic. Jenn finished well on her final exam; a huge improvement from her pre-test in late May. We arrived back to the USA on July 1st for a surprise 70th birthday party for Jenn's dad in Philadelphia. He was so surprised that he almost fell over! We spent about a week in New Jersey and New York visiting Jenn's family and friends. Then, we spent a week in Iowa doing the same with Tim's family and friends.
We road-tripped back to Bozeman with Tim's mom in mid-July and have been settling in here for the past few weeks. Jenn is working part-time nannying and Spanish tutoring and Tim is working part-time on a home construction project with an old friend.

We have been reflecting on our year-long trip and every time we end up saying, "Wow! It feels like we never left." We still can't really believe that we pulled it off... a year-long trip. It is nice to be getting back into a routine and not planning every day for travel logistics. That said, we are so happy to have had this experience as newlyweds. What a way to kick off a life-long partnership!

Top half: August 24, 2016. The flight to Guatemala City.
Bottom half: The final leg of the journey, June 30, 2017. The flight to Newark, NJ.

Fourth of July BBQ with Jenn's high school buddies.

We found a Salvadoran pupuseria near Jenn's mom's place in NJ. We had to get some in honor of Mario. (Mario is doing well in France. He is working toward becoming a French citizen and it is going really well for him so far!)

We cleaned out a lot of old things of Jenn's back at her mom's place in early July. This one was a gem: eighth grade Student Council presidential election campaign materials.