The last 4 days, in a nutshell...

Well, first of all.... on Tuesday morning, we were able to do something really cool. This is Casey and the sweetest woman named Debbie. She lives in Spain. Casey met her on his mission. She took great care of the missionaries. He worked closely with her in trying to teach her husband about the gospel.

Debbie is a convert to the church. She is a very amazing and very accomplished woman. Anyway, she was in town over this last weekend to do something very special. She invited us to attend the temple with her to receive her endowments.

It was such a great experience. It was so fun for me to meet her! I have heard so much about her from Casey over the years. It was fun to meet someone who meant so much to Casey on his mission.

After sitting and chatting with her, the desire to go back to Spain is stronger than ever!!

Someday, someday...

And here are the only Father's Day pictures I got! They aren't the best... we just cannot get this little guy to hold still!! He is just the cutest boy in the world!

His shirt says "My dad is TURTLEY awesome."

The shirt is right...

Love ya, BABE!

The Brother #1 is HOME!

Last Monday, Mike got home from his 2-year mission
to the Colorado Springs Mission.
Here is the garage, all ready to welcome him home...
Here are my parents. My Dad is doing an "action" shot.
They weren't excited at ALL!
Neither was this guy.
Man, I love him.
There is nothing like the return of a family member
who has been gone for a LONG time.
Everyone was glowing and crying.
We sure did miss him and are so glad he his home!
Here they are!
The whole fam-damily.
(Minus James who gets home in a short year)

And one last pic of us dining at Texas Roadhouse.
I have a sweet and blessed life.

21 years ago...

My little brother Mikey was born...

He gets home from his mission in 11 days...

This is very exciting.
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Up-dates coming soon...
And also a re-cap of some summer happenings.

I am Humbled...

My little brother #2's Mission has it's own blog,

run by the Mission President's wife.

Every month she puts together a little slideshow with pictures of the missionaries for us families at home to see.

I thought I would share the link to the video with you today.

{Click HERE.}

She just posted the one for March and there are SEVERAL pics of Craig. In this weeks letter, he casually mentioned that he got

BIT by a MONKEY!! {what??}

(Just a reminder...He is in Guyana right now)

They live in little shack-like houses, live off of rain water

and sometimes have no power.

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Meanwhile, my other little brother, {Mike} is living in

Colorado Springs, Colorado where he is surrounded by luxury cars and houses. Their missions could not be MORE different!! But the cool thing about it is that although they are so extremely different, they are both there teaching the SAME exact thing. The gospel is the SAME no matter where you go in the world. I love that about our church. I am just feeling extra grateful this week for such amazing little brothers and for being able to be apart of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I hope you watch the video and enjoy!!