He's home!!!

Elder Spencer Richins returned from the Arizona Mesa Mission on Feb 22, 2011! AND WE WERE THERE TO SEE IT! Such a neat experience. Someday I'll tell you how we wound up on the SAME flight out of SLC. Not wanting to spoil the surprise, we rearranged our seats with Spencers. We snuck in back and he never knew we were there:) So, we didn't get to see him "walk off" the plane but we brought up the rear and surprised him. I can't tell you how good he looks, sounds, smiles. His sweet spirit is tangible. I didn't realize he'd changed a terrible lot until we heard him speak in church. His talk was the sweetest thing for me to hear. So simple, kind, and self assured. Such an example to me. ALot of pics were taken on my moms camera but we managed to get a few:

Ellie with a puppy at UCEC's annual yard sale

(These pictures are out of order but whatever)
It was Jenna's birthday on the 27th...she blew out her candles 0 times and H/E blew then out 4 times.

Me and the RM...guess this was after Sunday naps and such...ouch.

Me and Nanny

Now, for real, Jenna did have a migraine that day. We MADE her get out of bed to eat her cake. Again, not sure what my excuse is.

The sibs

This is a random one of my birthday lunch that Natalie (right) hosted at her gorgeous home. It was so fun! Girfriends rock.

I guess this is the only one we got at the airport. Pretty sure I was in the bathroom puking.

Pedicures

Jocelyn getting a bottle from wild hair Grandpa Richins

A little light (not) nap for the two middle children

Feeding the sheep with Grandpa...while they were all toasty in the tractor the rest of us were hanging out in the -20 snow hurricane outside.