It's hard to believe it's our final night in America! We are exhausted. Ready for our own beds and thankful for the time we were able to spend here with family and friends. It is with a bit of sadness to leave the country without Chase, China won't be the same for us without him, but it can still be a good experience for all. He is thriving at the MTC. Ally is happy and hardworking in Sweden. Life is good.
We had FHE with my sister and parents before my sister left for a summer vacation. Met with the fun Jones family. Birthday lunch for a friend, girls night with another, (you have to try Flower Child, a healthy, hip restaurant if you are in Scottsdale).We lost track of time while sharing beauty products in the aisles at Target and had to buzz to the Williams Field airport to pick up a visiting son. A few showings of the house--one guy walked right in without knocking. We happened to be in the kitchen. Trips to sonic. Ahhhhh ICE! Dinner with the Frames while we used their laundry room. Lots of weighing, packing, organizing our suitcases. Did you know a kitchen aid mixer fits into a carry-on? Yard work and Brigham stained the gates. A delivery from UT for us from Alison my neighbor. Never enough trips to target and costco. Ordering and hoping school text books would arrive on time. Brooke babysat the cute neighbor kids and worked on school, lunched with a friend. A birthday celebration for my sister. A visit to our new nephew complete with cousins and cupcakes Kelly and donuts and Liz, oh, and a dinner delivery by Sis. Garner who lives in Singapore. A date night with the Hornes, lunch date with Costellos. Amazon prime for last minute items. Apple store purchase for our returning student/missionary. Brig had fun with Preston and Truman and Tate among others-go carts and swimming, movies and basketball. Todd flew to North Carolina for his grandparents' 75th anniversary celebration. SEVENTY- FIVE (Congrats Chris and Carl!!) from todd: I went to North Carolina on Thursday for Chrismom and Poppy's 75th wedding anniversary. They still look great and feel great. 96 and 95 yrs old. Pretty great. We went to lunch, had dinner at their house and then rented a church house in Mt. Airy for a catered party on Saturday. All of my Dad's brothers were there and their families along with lots of other family and friends. Really great.
The girls were in heaven playing with the neighbors once again-crafting, swimming, tumbling, painting nails, reading books.
I think we had enough of a break to get our second wind before we head back. Just what we needed. Looking forward to the challenge and adventure of living away. To be honest, the experience lends much better writing material than I seem to have here. Madly packing/cleaning right now! Feeling butterflies and a bit of travel sickness already. Hated saying goodbye today. It made me realize that a year really is a pretty long time when I think of doing that again.
This we know... we are RICH with family and friends and testimonies.
Love you all. Hope the rest of your summer is splendid.
Come visit!
Love from the USA, one last time,
Todd Taylor family.
“Our spirits long for us to remember the truth about who we are because the way we see ourselves affects everything we do. It affects how we treat others, how seriously we work to develop ourselves and progress, how we handle both success and defeat, how we feel about the Lord Jesus Christ and His message, and whether or not we are more interested in this life or life forever.”- Sheri Dew
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