More Pictures

Here are more pictures of the outfits that Cameron got us from Hong Kong. We all wore them to his home coming talk in church. He did a wonderful job and it was so amazing to hear his testimony in Cantonese. It is very neat that even though you can't tell what he is saying, you can still feel the spirit very strong.







What a Doll! This is my niece, Mallory.
















Kolsen got an outfit, I got a blouse, and Jason got a tie. Sorry my eyes are closed. This is the only one we took.

I just thought this was a cute one of our little man!

WELCOME HOME CAMERON

As you all know our brother got home yesterday from his mission in Hong Kong, China. They survived their 14 hr flight with a long layover in the middle and got in safely around 4:30 last night. It was so good to see him again and to see how skinny he was. I think he might be smaller than Jason now and those who remember what he used to look like know how strange that is. We got to spend a lot of time with the family last night and they brought us all back some wonderful gifts. There was some purses, traditional blouses for the sisters (which we are wearing to his homecoming), lots and lots of ties for the boys, jewelry, Cameron got a sword, toothbrushes for the kids and many other things. Cameron also had several funny comments while they were driving home. He said "they ruined it" as he drove down his new paved street filled with houses. It was also weird to him to drive on the freeway and see across the valley. Over there the buildings are so tall that you can't see anything and there are so many people you feel claustrophobic. Well, he is doing great and is glad to be home. He got several calls from china last night from members wanting to say good bye and make sure he got home OK. It was so fun to hear him speak Chinese. It is such an interesting language. Here are some pictures from the airport and I will post more from back at the house a little later. We are glad you are home CAMERON!!!

This was the first hello with an awkward hand shake. You can tell by their faces that they were good sports about it. They just couldn't stop laughing. (I remember that!)

Cameron meeting Kolsen for the first time. After he walked over to everyone else he just kept pointing at him and waving. It was cute!

Kolsen watching for Cameron to come down the hall. I think he was more interested in the cars though.

Just a cute picture of my gorgeous niece.

2 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!

CAMERON COMES HOME IN 2 DAYS! WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM AGAIN. HE GOT TO CALL US A FEW NIGHTS AGO AND LET US KNOW THAT ALAN AND DEBBIE GOT THERE OK AND THAT THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME. HE SAID THE ONLY BAD PART FOR OUR PARENTS WAS THAT THEY ARE SO USED TO AZ WHERE EVERYTHING IS OPEN AND SPACIOUS AND OVER THERE WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU TOUCH EVERYONE AND IT IS VERY CROWDED. THE BUILDINGS ARE ALSO VERY TALL SO THERE IS NO AIR CIRCULATION AND YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU ARE. I AM SURE THAT WILL TAKE SOME GETTING USE TO BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY ARE DOING AWESOME AND CAMERON IS READY TO COME HOME. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE THE REACTION HE HAS TO HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE AREA AROUND HIS HOUSE. IT HAS CHANGED SO MUCH AND NOW THEY HAVE PAVEMENT. HOLY COW! WELL, OUR OTHER MISSIONARY IS DOING GOOD TOO. TANNER IS KEEPING BUSY AND WORKING HARD. WELL, AS SOON AS THINGS SETTLE DOWN, I WILL POST PICTURES. I AM SURE I WILL HAVE TONS.





Our family is doing good too. We have had a fun and crazy week because we had our friends foster kids stay with us for 7 days while they went out of town. It was fun to have them, but I think it was a little overwhelming for Kolsen. There was a 3 years old boy, a 4 year old boy, and a 7 year old girl. They were all siblings and were very active. I think is was a shock for him to go from no one to 3 other crazy kids. He had fun though.

For those of you who don't know we have decided to do FOSTER CARE. We feel so good about it and know that it is something we are supposed to be doing right now. We have been in our classes for 8 weeks now and have only 2 left. It has been really good for us and has been a big learning experience. After the courses are over it will take about a month for all the paper work to clear through the state and then hopefully we will get a child. It is an exciting time for us and we know it will be a new adventure. well, I hope everyone is doing good and I thought I would share a couple cute pictures of Kolsen that we took a few Sundays ago.



Jason was ironing his shirt and he wanted his tie back on. I thought this was to cute not to take a picture.