After the Mission

Good to be together again!

A tangle of ties!

First Sunday going back to church at home!

Back at the beautiful SD temple!

Visiting our favorite sushi spot!

Just Like That

Here we are at the Stake building waiting to see 

President Batson so that he can release Kimo 

from his calling as a full-time missionary.  

Not sure he wants to be released, but it's time.

Uh, oh!  Here comes Pres. Batson!

Here with Pres. Batson, Kimo's first picture without his plaque (name tag)!

Just like that, Kimo's days as a full-time missionary are over,

at least for a while!

Kimo Comes Home!

Finally Kimo came home!

The month of October seemed to both go on forever and

at the same time go by in week long chunks!

We are just so happy to have Kimo home!

Our nice neighbors made this for their porch!

Kimo didn't get to see his glowing welcome home sign, 

his flight was delayed due to bad weather and he got in a day late!

Ready to welcome Kimo home!

Here he is!  He finally made it!  Here with some of the youth from church.

More friends!

Kimo's former bishop on left, current bishop on right

So glad to be together again!  So glad to see Kimo!

So grateful to Heavenly Father for keeping him safe!

So glad Kimo served a mission!

We love Kimo...

So much!

Wisdom Teeth X 4

The anesthetist promising to do a good job! Emi was nervous!

They put her iv in a vein very close to her knuckle!

Painful!

Ice pack contraption-Emi looks loopy

Fruit of the doctor's labors!

Mercer Island Wedding

Our nephew, Chris, got married to Alli this weekend!

Paula and I drove down to Mercer Island for the day to attend.

The view from their venue was so pretty!

Peeking at Lake Washington

Mother and father of the groom, Sue and Bob

The happy couple

Our niece and her boyfriend, Julie and Freddie

Sweet picture!

Mother/son dance

Weekend on Whidbey

These steps don't look like they get used very often!

Road taking a short-cut thru the woods

Ferry on the southern end of the island

Here's the water...

Just a field, but so pretty!

Even the view from the pizza joint is beautiful!

Used to fish off this dock

We called the road near here the Flintstone Freeway!

Lots of driftwood

Daisy talking about something!

Meringue pies that look like "sorting hats"!

Wasn't sure my flight was going to make it out!

Arial view of home in SD!

The Old Dutch Barn on Whidbey

Oh, my!  This barn is beautiful! 

Stopped to take pictures of it and the owners 

said it was okay to look around, so that's what Paula 

and I did!  Seeing the exterior of the barn does not

prepare you for seeing the inside!  Spectacular!

Wow!

Moss on an outbuilding near the barn.

An extra thrill to see the curve of the roof!

Also visited this rock and wood barn off of 

Crescent Valley Road.