Happy 4th

Preston and Braden helping build the huge wall---each block weighs 65 pounds.   The construction is beginnning!

 Christian was barely home from his mission and so we had some friends over for the 4th...Emily flew in from Provo that morning.   It was a fun time complete with a girls time getting ready!

Finally! Christian's Homecoming!!

Here is a smattering of pictures from Christian's homecoming...most at the airport welcoming him home with our large family, some with friends on the 4th of July and some during that first week he was home.   It has been a long two years and he has served so faithfully as a missionary in Mozambique.   We are so happy he could serve but now SO happy to have him home again.   The girls enjoyed receiving sarong gifts from him and Preston an orange t-shirt which he wears proudly and the batik clothes are beautiful.   The summer was filled with family adventures (which I will blog about soon!) and also getting a handle on Christian's adjustment and keeping him healthy.   His positive attitude and sense of humor amidst being diagnosed with diabetes during the last couple months of his mission and then Bell's palsy when he got home (thankfully that is resolving) is a huge blessing.   

He is quickly gaining the 20 pounds he recently lost on his mission.   

We are getting a handle on this diabetes and everything is going to be OK!