Sunday, October 23, 2011

bienvenido, hermana smith. adios, harry potter.

richard's youngest sister, heidi, has been serving an lds mission in uruguay
for the last 18 months, but she is safely home in st. george once again.

we went down to see her arrive at the new st. george airport with the rest of
the family.  we were so busy getting the house, welcome home banner, her
requested dinner, etc. ready that we missed her landing!  her flight landed a
little early, and we got there right on time so she had to sit and watch the elder
she flew home with be greeted by his family while she waited for us.  luckily it
was just a few minutes.  we all felt so bad!  but it was still a very sweet reunion.


here is heidi reintroducing herself to little araya.



heidi and megan's reunion was fun to watch - they are so close!



all of the siblings, minus austin who is still on his mission.
so, not all of the siblings, but a large majority.



the family.  blood family, that is.  scott and i married in, so we stayed
behind the cameras to catch all the action.



we had so much fun with the family (even though the little ones were
puking up their guts every five minutes).  we loved hearing heidi talk
about her experiences, and having her pray in spanish.  i'm sure there
is going to be plenty more to come that i don't understand between her
and richard.  and austin when he gets home, too!

we went back down south the following weekend to hear heidi's
homecoming talk in church.  it was wonderful!  but you won't be seeing
anymore family pictures, because even though everyone believed that
was the main event taking place, tyson and i knew better.  we both read
the harry potter book series (and i watched the movies) for the first time
this summer.  tyson patiently waited for me to finish the last book, and then
he took me on a little date to see the final movie.  i have to admit that there
were a great deal of tears shed during the last 2 books, and the last
movie...even though i was extremely disappointed in most of the movies.
all i have to say is that i've been a little lost since i finished the books.  i'm
sure i'll recover. what a fun summer adventure i had, courtesy of ms. jk rowling!

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