Will's home!

Ethan's younger brother, Will, recently returned home from a mission to Hawaii--yea!! He came home July 4th, so we celebrated the holiday a little differently this year--no balloon-fest, parade, or carnival. It was really wonderful to spend time together as a family, though, and mostly just to have Will home again!

Many of us drove up to meet Will at the airport.

Will at the airport with some of his "huge" nieces & nephews. Greta & Jase didn't really remember him too well (two years is a loooong time when you're little!), but they warmed up quickly!

Will brought home some really nice souveniers for everyone. Here are the guys posing Hawaiian-style!

...and the ladies in our lovely sari's.

Cute Kids!!

I love this picture! Our Boyack cousins visited from Kansas over the 4th & we got to spend some time at the park visiting & playing. It was so fun to catch up & let the kids get reaquainted. Thanks Chrissy & Darren for sharing the pictures!

Camping!!

Here are a few pictures from a recent camping trip. It was a beautiful weekend with gorgeous scenery & good weather. The kids had fun paddling around the reservoir and playing in the woods with their cousins. These are the only pictures I got before I gracefully fell out of the boat and into the lake, taking my camera with me (no pictures of that, thank goodness!). It was out of commission the rest of the trip while it dried out but, amazingly, the pictures survived and the camera is even working well again, except for some fine sand in the controls :)