Home at last

We arrived home safely on Friday late afternoon. We arrived to a visitor from our good ol' days in Texas! It was so fun to see Aaron and visit with him. We shared a wonderful crab dinner, and proceeded to make plans for boating on Saturday. We put the boat into Lake Stevens for the first time - and we hooked up with the Allen Family - also Texas friends. What a fun time! It was just fabulous. We stayed longer than we ever planned, but time seems to stand still when you're out on the lake. It was a great day! We had Caitlin's birthday party after arriving home and we were thoroughly exhausted by the time our heads hit the pillows. We awoke early this morning to have hair cuts before our 9am church. Crazy, I know. Anyway, we got it done, and the boys look so much better. Well, if you ask Kenneth, I RUINED his hair and he was so mad at me he ripped off the cape and cried and cried. I THOUGHT I did what I always do, but apparently it's a little shorter than normal. Well, it looks good to me. I had no idea he was so sensative about his hair. I was very sorry to ruin his day. Elder Wickman was in our ward this morning, and it was so good to see him. He's a good friend of my folks' and Danny & Amanda. He's provided invaluable counsel to Danny through his many army decisions, and he even sealed Danny & Amanda in the temple. This afternoon we went for a walk (we took 4 soccer balls as everyone except me is enrolled in soccer this fall, including Steve). The weather was lovely and it is so nice to be together as a family again in Seattle. We get 2 days together before Steve takes off with the kiddos and they have a grand adventure in California. I'm not even bothering to unpack their suitcases!