He's double digits. He can't take a picture without pulling a crazy face. He loves video games, sports, nerf wars, fishing, legos and all things boy. He will willingly tell you a joke. His brain is incredible quick and he has his father's humor - not sure how I feel about that yet. He remembers EVERYTHING - also, not something I'm so sure about yet.
We love you Brandon. Can't wait to see what the next 10 years bring.
After the adventures of Monday morning, we continued on into the afternoon. Another family from church that we have come to know and love, had a pool party for Brandon's birthday. We have spent HOURS - maybe weeks if you add it all up - in this pool over the last years and they have been such a blessing in our lives. We miss them, the time they took to get to know us, the chats by the pool, and the fun we've had with them. It was good to share a few hours again. There were soon many children and adults in the back yard. Several families with friends to match up with our kids showed up and it was one big party. Complete with Dairy Queen ice cream cake.
Our kids all went home with someone else and we had an evening to relax and chat.
I took off on the 6 AM flight the next day. I had mom guilt over leaving Brandon on his actual birthday, but he had an amazing day. Birthday breakfast with buddies, beach day, and an afternoon/evening of playtime with a friend he misses dearly. A birthday he would not have had flying on an airplane with me for sure!
The girls experienced much of the same. Beach day and playtime with friends. Thank you all for filling up their hearts with the gift of love and friendship. It was wonderful. It is hard to be back, hard to say goodbye without knowing when Hello will be said again. But the memories are so wonderful.
Matt rounded up all the kiddos and brought them back to our hosts home on Tuesday night. This family has been there for us since Matt started working at Faith. Two of their kids went through youth group with us, we ate many suppers with them, we've laughed and cried and worked and played. Thank you for being you and for taking care of us.
The trip home had its bumps. The 6 AM flight was wide open but it takes a bit of time to make it through security in Minneapolis. Turns out, the five of them arrived at the gate five minutes late. So, Matt has 4 kids with him at 6 AM in the morning, in an airport, with about 5 hours of sleep. Good times. There weren't any seats open until the 11 AM flight, so they sat some more in Chicago, but made it to Muskegon by 6 PM and I was working the flight and marshalled them in.
I struggle with the questions these trips bring. The same ones always come back.
When do we get to go back to MN?
When can we move back to MN?
Why did we have to move to MI?
I miss my friends.
to which I reply..... so do i
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