On New Year's Eve, we were hoping for a special delivery and sure enough, it came! Davey Love got his mission call. Marcie and I stalked the mail lady and ran out to get it right after it came. Everyone was thrilled. When David came home he appraised the letter, then noticed the DVD that my mom had just bought, Despicable Me, on the counter. Any excitement for his call was forgotten as he excitedly snatched up the DVD, exclaiming how long he's waited to see it!!! Oh my. :)
Well we cleaned and baked and prepared and 7pm came... along with a bunch of girls who give my little brother much too big a head :)
You can see on the wall where my mom posted a paper where you could guess where he was going. Later she taped a $20 bill above it as the prize. I guessed Chile... Korean speaking. Shelley guessed Sunsplash and someone else guessed the skate park... Ebonics speaking. And yes, other's did guess legitimate places, but no one guessed the REAL place...
My other brother, Christopher, tuned in via Skype from Switzerland around 3am his time.
I can't imagine how my mom must have felt, because I was near tears as he opened it. He said he was so nervous he was shaking. Congrats Honduras! You are getting a great missionary!
I'm sure much to the embarrassment of the {cool kids}, the grandboys were running amuk. This was my favorite pic, because my sweet angel is {shooting them up} as they pose.
He leaves April 27 so it will be nearly 2 1/2 years before I see this kid again. Way to go David.... so proud of you!
2 comments:
Congrats to your brother!!
I love how Shelley is holding a sippy cup in that nice family portrait! :)
That is so exciting that he is going to Honduras! The time will go by quickly as it always does. :)
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