Here and Gone Again

The Smokewood Gang was here for a visit. A short, whirlwindy kind of trip. And now they are gone. They are already back in Ohio going back to work and loosing that last bit of beach glow. And we are here without them.
We had bunches of fun. (You know? I do not normally use the term "bunches of" anything. Weird.) We saw Cape May, we had beach time, we went Whale and Dolphin Watching, we ate lots and played lots and all in all, it was a fabulous time.
And Ev DID talk to her Grandma. In the first 5 minutes, no 2 minutes of Grandma being here, Ev climbed onto her lap and hugged her and talked about how she would always be her Grandma. And that was it. That's all Ev needed to say, and all she needed was to see that they could get here.
Oh! And the kids! Talking and laughing and holding hands. Fussing and playing and whispering at night. It's so fun to watch them together.