"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family." ~Lee Iacocca
I'll be home for Easter...
That's right, Thursday afternoon I emailed my sister Heidi and said I really want to come home for Easter... can you pick me up at the airport?!!! She replied with a: "YESSSSSSS!!!!!!! I'M SOOOOOO EXXCCCITTTTEEED!!!!" Needless to say we both needed a sister fix and it just worked out. I found two separate tickets for a decent price, leaving Las Vegas at 6:00am Friday morning and arriving in Des Moines at 4:00pm, and then leaving Des Moines at 6:30pm Sunday night and arriving back in Las Vegas at 8:00pm. I just have to say.. it was worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY!! We headed up to Sumner for most of the weekend so the Tiedt clan could meet Ellery.
If I have learned anything (and I have learned a lot) about being away from home it is that I love and completely cherish my family. Count your blessings today and be thankful for your families- spend time with them... Here are some pictures from the weekend. Enjoy!
***A lot of these pictures are of my niece and nephew... if you don't know me very well you will learn very fast how special they are to me- I love them like they are my own- or at least that is how it feels. My sister often says- Well they're YOUR kids too!!!***
I'm not going to lie- I'm pretty proud of myself that I only brought those bags for luggage.  |
| Welcome Home hugs from grandma are ALWAYS the BEST!!!! (esp when she's surprised to see me!) |
Ellery has grown so much since I left 6 weeks ago!! I LOVE that smile!! |
| He's turning into such a little boy- not a baby boy anymore.. but still sweet as ever!! |
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| Looking at my grandma with my niece and nephew makes me remember the countless hours I spent on my grandmas lap. It's such a safe place to be.. even as a little kid- no matter what was going on in life it was ALWAYS a safe place to be- on her lap, or at her house in her living room on a big old down blanket from the 70s, watching Winnie The Pooh and eating cookie dough ice cream... having water fights with Grandpa in the backyard, and eating sweet corn on the back deck in the fall. Perfect. As time goes by- those memories become more and more precious to me.. and I have loved watching Ellery and Creighton begin to develop those memories with their grandparents. |
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| Ellery writing her name on her Easter egg. |
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| Coloring eggs. |
And of course- we had to do a photo shoot!!!...
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| Isn't she beautiful? |
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A great picture of Sue, Sierra, and Dad on Easter Sunday. |
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| The girls celebrated their birthdays on Sunday- Sierra (9) and Ali (11). |
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| Easter egg hunts are the best!!!! (ESP finding the ones that grandma and grandpa slips money into!!) |
It was a great weekend... short, but sweet. I'm glad I got to come home. Now it kind of feels like it was a dream.. it is weird. I can't really explain it. "Living" here, being away from everything comfortable and familiar has changed me... for the good. I am blessed.
"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family." ~Anthony Brandt
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