Welcome Home!

Well, it has been a very long 23 months, but my parents are now home from their mission. They got called to the Armenia, Yerevan mission but served the entire time in Tiblisi, Georgia. We were to welcome them at the airport on Tuesday the 19th after they spent a week with my sister Diane in Colorado. With all of the times we've been to the airport to pick up family and friends, we feel like pros. BUT, we failed!!! Their flight came in almost 30 minutes EARLY!! Unheard of! We were so late that my Mom was already standing with all of their bags and my Dad was outside looking for us! Well, they forgave us, and we had a wonderful visit until we sent them on home to St. George on Friday. While they were with us, I took them to Provo to visit with four of the Elders they served with and their first Mission President. The Elders were the first Elders to ever serve in Georgia, and my parents really formed a special relationship with each of them. I loved watching them catch up with them! Jeff and I took them to the Salt Lake temple one morning. We took Mom to an aquarium while Dad stayed home to get some rest so he could get over his cold. Jeff also took Mom to a tile store, plumbing store, and Home Depot to get ideas for their Casita! My boys had an absolutely wonderful time playing with them and talking their ears off! It is so good to have them back, and it's good to know that we'll see them next week for my nephew's baptism and again (of course) when our baby comes!!! We know we've been blessed for the service they gave, but we do love having them around!!!

Valentine's Day & Catch Up (AGAIN)

A month has passed and I've only taken pictures on Valentine's Day and when my parents came home, so I thought I could quickly do a post for each. I will mention that it has been a very eventful month for our family. My dear Grandpa Blunck passed away. He is finally with my sweet Grandma Blunck after 9+ years, so the tears have just been because I will miss him until we are all reunited some day! We truly enjoyed our visit with my family and extended family at his funeral! I loved seeing all of my cousins and Aunts and Uncles! I am so thankful for my Grandpa and the love he showed me and my family! I am so blessed because of how he raised my own Dad!
Within minutes of finding out of his passing, Jeff called me with "good news and bad news." I asked for the good news first. He said, "Well, we might be getting a new car sooner than you thought!" And I replied, "AAHH, that means you've been in a car accident!" He got hit by a guy who must not be as familiar as we are with the CRAZY I-80 construction and exits! We finally get to take the car in tomorrow to the busy auto body shop. Getting my own car back won't come soon enough! I am way too tall for a Pontiac G6 rental car! We do count our blessings that Jeff wasn't injured because there have been horrible accidents in the same spot.
The Valentine cookie pictures don't have anything to do with what I've been saying, but the boys are cute and sure enjoyed eating a lot of sugar cookies this month! I gave the boys tickets to the Monster Jam for Valentine's day. I wasn't sure if this was really up our alley, but I thought "little boys and big trucks, how could they not love it!" We couldn't take the camera in, but trust me, we all had a good time. We had to struggle with Kyle to keep his ear plugs in because the trucks were VERY loud! They loved the transformer cars and seeing the big trucks squish the little cars. Now we can check Monster Jam off of our things to try list!