A Funny Thing Happened on Our Way Back from Budapest ...

This week:

Addison and Parker finished their last day of school and entered into that great wide expansion of time called "Summer Break".

Parker had a very early Birthday Party for her friends because all of them leave Vienna for the summer and no one is here for her actual birthday. The plan was to go swimming but a thunderstorm and cool temperatures forced us to go to an indoor play park.

Family Elledge left Friday afternoon for the wild and exotic city of Budapest, Hungary. And that's where the story gets ... wonderful!

Friends, Scott and Joellen, invited us for the weekend. Seeing that Libby had no school today (Monday) we jumped on the opportunity to get out of town for a little R and R.

It must be said that Scott and Joellen are from the South ... the DEEP South ... South Carolina to be exact. That means they are steeped in hospitality and warmth. They showed us the city at night, a sight to behold. They showed us the city by day, an adventure to ride. They let us cook and eat out on their balcony, a night to remember. The let us sleep late, a pleasure to partake in. They let us leave our computer on their front step. No comment.

I'm totally joking!!!!

The truth of the matter is ... everyone thought everyone else had the computer ... one passed it off to the other ... only to be discovered while unloading in Vienna that it was left on the front steps of the Clubbs house in Budapest.

So, no pictures on the blog this week. No spell check to activate. I'm using my little HP notebook mini computer. All our pics are on the other computer, left of the front steps of the Clubbs house in Budapest.

However, when we retreive our computer, that was left on the front steps of the Clubbs hosue in Budapest, I will post some pictures that will knock your socks off. Until then ... get over it! We are dealing with our own stress of not having our computer because it was left on the front steps of the Clubbs house in Budapest.

Now, before I get you to feeling too sorry for us ... because we left our computer on the front steps of the Clubbs house in Budapest, we have company friends that are staying at the Clubbs house (did I mention the Clubbs host a Guest House?) and will be coming through Vienna on Tuesday and will bring our computer, that we left on the front steps of the Clubbs house in Budapest, with them to give to us! Talk about God's provision!

Lesson learned: Always make sure you actually see the computer in the car before pulling out of the driveway of your last destination before heading home. AND ... don't let another family member write blogs about forgetting your computer on the front steps of a friends house in a far away city.