Exciting News....

Every week my brother Jared writes my mom and email. He gets way too many letters to respond to all of them. So he reads them and writes one big letter to my mom and she forwards it to everyone else. This week, he wrote that he'll be coming home no later than June 3rd!!! How exciting is that!!! I am so thrilled. Finally after 2 very long years without him he's coming home.
I know for me since I've got 3 crazy wild kids, those 2 years went by pretty quick. But after stopping for a while and thinking of how long its actually been since I've seen Jared, it really has been 2 very long years. Hopefully sometime soon he'll know more of when transfers will be.


Things will be really different for him when he's back.

This is Natalie, I think of May, 2007. We were taking family pictures right before Jared left.

Natalie was getting her teeth brushed before she went to bed. January 2009.

This was in September of 2007. Kylie of course being Kylie.

Kylie playing at the park January 2009.

This was August 2007. Just after Jared left.

Don't let that innocent smile fool you! She's planning something. This was just a few days ago on Matt's birthday. March 10, 2009.

My kids have grown so much. Natalie has lost more teeth, Kylie is still as skinny but much taller and Jared will hardly recognize Mackenzi.

This is Vance during Thanksgiving of 2007. Not quite walking yet.
This was beginning of March 2009. Carter was being blessed and the kids were playing outside burying each other in the "sandbox" my mom has in her backyard.

I put sandbox in quotes because its really just a dirt pile. It's not where it's suppose to be yet. Either procrastination or laziness has taken over. =D I love you mom!This is Carter after he was born January 15, 2009. Jared will definitely not know Carter.

This is Carter on his blessing day. He just got done with a feeding and being burped.

As for Kimberli's kids, he won't even know Carter. Vance will be so grown up he'll barely recognize him either.

This is little Tyson. Also known as Reed. He was just born on March 14, 2008.
This is at Christmas 2008. This is the last time I got to see Reed before they went back home to Washington D.C. He has grown a lot since this picture. I think he's almost walking now.

Tyson's son, Reed, Jared has never met either. It'll be interesting to see Jared's reaction to all of these new little people. It'll be really fun. I'm very excited to see Jared again. Anyway, I will dedicate a whole post just for pictures such as Mackenzi's birthday. =)