Sunday, June 23, 2013

Summer of Fun-Week 4

It has been another fun, but exhausting week!! There has been so much going on and the kids have been up late and up early everyday this week. We have also had some tummy bugs going around, but thankfully that didn't slow us down too much. 
On Monday, Mommy, Adam, and Tessa spent a few hours at Seven Peaks with Jodi and her kids. It was a lot of fun, but we were worn out! Gwen got to spend the day with Mamma.
We have been having fun keeping track of our summer reading. As of Tuesday, Adam had read 16 chapter books and Tessa and Mommy had read about 16 books. 
Not sure why, but Gwen's new favorite toys are the salad dressings. She gets them out of the fridge and then slides around the floor on them. 
This was Adam's last week of baseball. He had a great game Tuesday night with a great hit! He was anxious to get home after the game because he had a very important NBA championship game to watch!


Wednesday was our David day!! A wonderful and emotionally exhausting day!
Thursday we made it to Story Time. This week was all about dogs. That held Gwen's interest for a bit. 

She LOVES Pirate Booty! She eats it all the time.

Thursday was Adam's last baseball game. Ma, Pa, and Uncle David came down to watch him. He was so glad they came! (photos courtesy of Pa)









After the game, Uncle Danny and Ares came down to celebrate Danny's birthday and to watch the last NBA championship game with Adam and David. Adam was thrilled that the Heat won! Mommy was thrilled the game didn't go into overtime!
There have been a lot of neighborhood basketball games this week!
Friday was wedding day. We went to Tim Richards wedding and it was lovely. 
Tessa was so excited to help clean the church after we ate lunch. She cleaned all the windows by herself and told everyone, "That's my job!"
Adam cracks us up with his reading everywhere we go.
Our Frusins-Amiee and Tim

Adam couldn't decided what to eat and what not to eat at the reception, so he settled on one of everything!
No Saturday morning cartoons for this boy....he wanted to finished reading Wayside School is Falling Down, for the third time. 
Saturday was a day full of errands and cooking. Mommy prepared a lot of the food for David's homecoming on Sunday. One of our stops was the car wash. Gwennie is not a fan!

Sunday was David's homecoming. He gave a beautiful talk and is so full of the missionary spirit!
After church, he and Matt got a good brotherly wrestling match in before lunch. 

Eric and David finally had a chance to talk about Recife. They spent a good two hours sharing stories and going through pictures. 


Adam has made up for being sick...he made himself a rice krispy/cookie sandwich. 
Gwen finally let Uncle Danny hold her and they took a nice nap together. They eventually made their way to a blanket and slept for about an hour. It was cute!
Tessa is still loving gymnastics and has been busy drawing everyone she knows pictures. She is quite the little artist. 
Eric also completed his first full year of school this week! One down, one to go!! He has the month of July off of school, so we are looking forward to spending some much needed time together!!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

He's Home!!!

Today was an exciting day!! Uncle David returned from Recife, Brazil after serving for 2 years as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! We have been counting down the days to see him for weeks....ok, more like 2 years! David lights up any room he is in and just knows how to make people feel loved. We have missed his fun personality! We are so proud of him for serving so faithfully and returning with honor, and we are so glad he is home!
 We tried to wait patiently for his plane to arrive!

 Katy and Gwen
 Davey Baby!! He's finally home!



 Happy tears were shed. He looks so grown up! I have missed him terribly!!




 Meeting Gillian for the first time. 

 David and his "brother from another mother", Henry.

 Getting to meet Gwen. She was confused and not sure about him.



 These kids have been so excited to have their Uncle David home!




 David requested lunch at In-n-Out on our way home. 


 Eric couldn't make it to the airport, but he stopped by the house between work and study group to say hi to Dave. David greeted Eric with an excited, "Shnookie Poo"!!! 

 We met with President Kilpack this evening to have David be officially released as a missionary. It was an emotional hour as David bore testimony of the gospel and missionary work. It was wonderful to see how much he has grown in the gospel and as a person. I am so proud of the man he has become and the adversity he has overcome the last 2 years. He shared some beautiful experiences he had while he was in Brazil and I can't wait to hear more. He did not want to be released and when the moment finally came to take his tags off, many tears were shed. I loved seeing how much being a missionary meant to him. 
After we got back from meeting with the Stake President, David was a nice Uncle and played some basketball with Adam. Adam has been dying to play with Uncle David, so getting released could not come fast enough for Adam! They played a good game and David beat Adam by 1 point! David was pretty impressed with Adam's basketball skills and Adam has several more games planned for them in the next few days!






Welcome Home Davey Baby!!! We are so glad to have you back with us!!