"Wow.  You guys have done an excellent job on this one!"  I exclaim when I see how far they have come and what they did with their time while I was gone.

Ted turns around and smiles at me, commenting, "Well we did learn from the best, after all.  So, what made you decide to come back from your honeymoon early?"  He laughs and I watch his face turn serious.  "We were beginning to wonder if you had ditched us for good because of that rich chick."

Putting my hands up in the air ...