So long, farewell..

My little brother Micheal (not actually little, I should say younger, he has turned out to be the tallest of us all) went into the MTC today. He is going to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Spanish Speaking) on his mission. I am having a hard time believing that he is old enough to go. We haven't had a missionary in our family for a long time. For a long time it seemed like there was at least one out on a mission. He is number 6 from our family. We have all served in different countries and learned 5 different languages. Can't wait to see where Matthew will go!

Anyhow, he had his farewell on Sunday and so we were able to go to Utah and spend some time with him and the family. We also got to see Callie and Shaun, always a fun time. I took a picture of Mike and the boys so we could take one in two years and see how much they change. I got two pictures. One good one of Micheal while the boys were off in la la land.


And a good one of the boys with Micheal trying to get them to smile.


Deb, Mike and Russell came up as well. It was so fun to see them. Russell and Noah are almost exactly the same size even though Noah is 5 months older!


All in all a great weekend. Warm weather, fun times with family, trips to the park to chase the ducks, and we can't forget the ice cream cones!