Jared's Homecoming

WOW!!! June was the craziest month ever!!! And July isn't slowing down at all. We've been super busy getting into our new house and what not, but before I write anything about our crazy house adventures I need to write about my brother Jared returning home from his mission! Somewhere around the beginning or "middleish" of June ( I can't recall the day because everyday of this past month or so are all blurred together) I flew into the Portland airport the same evening as Jared and the rest of my family. My flight wasn't due to get in until shortly after Jared's and my parents so they had to stall a little because Jared didn't know I was coming. I had talked to him earlier that day on the phone on one of their layovers and he even asked me when he would get to see me, I was like oh for sure sometime this summer! It was pretty fun to surprise him! Tytyn even gave him loves and knew who he was because I had been showing him his pictures and we practiced his name alot in the weeks before he returned home. It was so awesome to be home with ALL of my family, minus my hubby, it was sad not having him there, but he had to work. It had been about 2 1/2 years or more since all of us siblings had been together and I forgot how much fun we can have! We all got to go to the temple together for the first time with my parents. I feel like I experienced what heaven would be like and I look forward to that day even more now. It was a very spiritual experience to be in the temple with my parents and all my siblings. I got to stay with my sister and her family for a few days before we drove up to my parents to stay for a couple more. It was fun to have some sister time and to watch our kids bond with each other. I wish we lived closer so we could hang out more! Getting to hear Jared give his talk in church that Sunday was also a blessed experience. He was filled with the spirit and has such a strong testimony of the gospel. It strengthened my testimony to hear him speak. It always goes by too fast when I'm visiting my family and before we knew it we were leaving. It was nice to get home to Tyrel though, we sure missed him!

Our trip to the Portland temple

Papa giving Tytyn a tractor ride

They had so much fun outside together

All of us together! Now it will be 2 more years before this happens again.

My little buddy and I at the bowling alley

Cousins!

My sweet little dude