Goodbye Rosie and Gemma

We are all in tears here at the Quackenbush meadow estate.  Just said goodbye to the World Youth Day travelers Joseph and Rosalie, Rosie, and Gemma.  But as it turned out, Mom had just left to take Jakie and Irene to the beach and Madeleine, Rachel, and Claire hopped in the van to drive down to LAX with the WYD crowd (and driver Dad).  And with Margaret far away in Goose Creek, that left only Elizabeth and Thomas and I (Baby Gianna somehow slept through all the drama) to say our tearful goodbyes and send off the gang with the traditional driveway kick line.

Tomorrow Thomas and Baby and I say goodbye to the remainder of the Austria Quacks: Mom, Dad, Rachel, Claire, Jakie, and Irene.  They don't leave for another week, but we won't see them before then because on Wednesday we head to Goose Creek to see Margaret.