Zach's Visit

We were thrilled that Zach got to come home for Christmas and we tried to spend as much time as we could with him before he had to go back to California. We are hoping to make a trip there in May, but until then, I guess we’ll be limited to Skype and phone conversations. Here are a few pictures from his visit.

One of my favorite things about traveling by airplane is seeing families welcoming their soldiers at the airport. I didn’t really think that would be me, but now that we have three siblings in the armed forces, it is. I was so glad I was able to be there when Zach made it home for his first visit back.

Watching Asher and Zach is so fun. They spent a lot of time together when Zach was in college and Josh and Stacy were living with Mom and Dad. When Zach got home, they picked up just where they left off. Asher wanted to do everything with Uncle and when anyone else was playing with him, he was always pretending to be Uncle. It was so sweet.

Most of his visit was planned and packed-full of family celebrations and activities (like getting beautiful family photos taken by Julianna Buller) but the times I liked the best were the quiet moments with just the immediate family like having breakfast together on our Christmas morning, going to the movies in Kingfisher and late-night game playing.

We were so sad so see him go on New Year’s Day, but we are already looking forward to the his next visit. He and Peter drove back together in Zach’s new Impala. He bought it from Diane Riddle. Zach and I were laughing about all the times we’ve ridden in that car, never imagining Zach would own it some day! Thankfully they made it back safe and even enjoyed a pit-stop in Vegas on the way.

The trip went by in the blink of an eye, but it was pretty great. 

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