November 15, 2009

November 15, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

We started the week still in Utah. Monday was mostly a play day because all the festivities were done. We first met Emily for lunch before we went back to BYU and spent some time with Tammy at her work. We also went to her apartment and spent a little time there. It makes me so happy and sad at the same time to spend so much time with family. I hate knowing how long it will be before we see them again. B-man loved being able to play some more with everyone, but especially with “little David and M.” That night M helped change brakes on one of the Hulme’s cars and I got to enjoy more time with family.

Tuesday morning we were up and going early to be packed up. Late in the morning we drove up to Salt Lake City to see Emily. We had a fun fall adventure by helping rake her leaves in the front yard. B-man loved jumping in the leaves over and over again. Cute M made us some lunch and we had just enough time to eat lunch and then Emily drove us to the airport. The flight home was pretty uneventful. We had a layover in Chicago, and got in a few minutes early. When we checked the board we saw that there was a flight that left in about thirty minutes, and would get us home two hours earlier. We walked over very quickly and were able to get onto the earlier flight. We were so happy! A friend met us at the airport and drove us home. We immediately put all the kids to bed. We then ate a simple dinner with what we could find in the house before going to bed.

Wednesday poor B-man was up early to get to school. Cute M took him to school so that I could get a little more sleep. The rest of the day was pretty low key. M had the day off because of Veteran’s Day. We first went to the airport to pick up our luggage. We then met B-man at the bust stop and had a very quiet afternoon. M also went to the dentist later in the day.

Thursday and Friday are a blur. We spent most of the time trying to get unpacked and readjusted to the new routine.

Saturday morning our family went to go clean the church. We had a couple of good families with us and so we finished relatively quickly. Later in the day we went to a moving sale and ended up buying two dressers. We have been looking for a new one for us and B-man. They aren’t especially fancy, but they are really well made, and were a good deal. We spent the rest of the day dealing with the new dressers. We had to get the picked up, then get them inside (thanks to the help of a good friend), moved to their new spots, and then changeover all of the clothes. They are both much bigger than we are used to, so we were able to put three dressers worth of clothes in the two new dressers. We haven’t gotten rid of the old dressers yet, so we have a lot of extra furniture in our home right now. We also worked on a few other projects before going to bed that night.

Today has been a good day. M had meetings this morning, and I worked on my lesson. After lunch I drove M to the airport. (He has a business trip for work.) We then drove immediately to church. It was the day of our Primary Program, and the chapel was all abuzz with the excitement! B-man did a great job on his part. He said “My mom makes me Mickey Mouse pancakes, waffles, and cookies.” He spoke nice and clearly. My Grandpa Dyer would have been so proud, because even he would have understood what he was saying. I’m not exactly sure how that fits into the gospel, and how families are forever, but at least it was what he said… It was a little interesting teaching my lesson while having J. Another leader held him for me and ended up walking him out in the halls because he was being so loud. I felt so bad about making her take care of him. After church we headed home for a little dinner before bed.

We love you all!

R, M, B-man, and J