Mid-October, we ventured once again to Arizona to welcome Aly home from her mission in Brazil.
At the Airport
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| I love this picture for 3 reasons. 1-Such a sweet sister hug. 2-Lydia looking up in excitement at an Aunt who has been an amazing example to her. 3-Dad blubbering in the background ;) |
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| LOVE!! |
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| I was in charge of taking pictures so I grabbed a quick selfie with the RM. |
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| The flight arrived early and word didn't get passed along to Uncle Dan, Aunt Monica, and crew. So though they missed her coming off the flight, they surprised her in the parking garage. |
The Arizona skies put on quite the show to welcome Aly home.
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| Homecoming party |
Vertuccio Farm
One of the many fun adventures we did while we were there was spending a day at Vertuccio farm doing all the fun activities they had there
Richardson Family Pictures
Since Robert's family was all together and we never know when the next time that will happen with so many of us living away, we took advantage of the opportunity and got family pictures done.
I can't decide which of these 2 pictures of our little family I like more:
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| This one because of James' face... |
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| ...or this one because of Mary's face :) |
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| The behind-the-scenes work of getting the kiddos to all look at the camera ;) |
Other Random Pics
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| Once upon a time Robert thought he would be able to go to Scout Camp, but it ended up being a week before his birthday so he missed the age cutoff. Robert was super disappointed, so his mom did several merit badge things at home with him including making this stool for the basket weaving merit badge. It's a cherished memory of Robert's, the sentimental value of which has kept this stool around for the past 15 years. Alas, the time had come to dispose of it, so we took a picture of it and bid adieu. |
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| Lydia made this mask and was overjoyed with how it turned out. |
The next 2 pictures are not the best quality since it was dark, but I love these pics of the kids and Robert's dad chilling in the grass and looking at the stars.
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| Painting our Halloween pumpkins |
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| Aly's souvenir for the nephews were soccer jerseys. She also got one for herself so we took a picture of all of them in their matching jerseys. |
We are so happy to have Aly back!!! She was an amazing missionary! A great example to her cousins, siblings, and nieces and nephews, but we missed her terribly and are glad to have her sweet spirit with us again.
