Surprise!

It is hard to believe it has happened, but my little brother has tied the knot! Matt and Heather married on May 27th on the beach in California and from what I can tell from the pictures they had a great time!

We were so excited to hear a few months ago that they would be getting married. We figured, however, that we unfortunately wouldn't be able to come home for the wedding. Between just having returned to the PI in January, Jason being in the middle of his check out process, the kids finally getting settled and the amount of money it would cost for all of us to fly back, we thought that there was no way to make it happen.

I had kind of resigned myself to missing one of the most important events in my only brothers life, as hard as it was, but I would still found myself getting teared up when my Mom would send a picture of her going with Heather when she was trying on wedding dresses and it would hit me again how much I miss being around family and being a part of what's going on. Out of desperation one day I sent an e-mail to Jason's parents asking them if they wanted to come fly over to baby sit so that I could fly back by myself to go to the wedding. I sent it mostly as a joke and figured that there was no way that it would actually happen. They wrote me back right away saying that Jason's dad already had vacation scheduled at the end of June (which he had asked off for months in advance!) and that they would love to come out if it would free me up to go to the wedding. God is good! I love how He plans fun suprises for me to remind me of just how good He is and how much He loves me!

I was originally going to come back for their CA beach ceremony but would have missed spending time with them when they left for their honeymoon so I decided to wait and come for their AZ reception. I was able to keep the visit a surprise from Matt and he certainly was surprised to see me!

I've had such a great time here spending time with Matt, Heather and my new nephew Kristian! It has been such a blessing to be able to be at their reception and be part of their wedding experience. Congratulations! We're so happy for you all as you start out your new life together.

It has been so much fun being here. Pretty wierd being away from Jason and the kids, but a wonderful vacation for me :-) The best part about being here is feeling like it is time for me to go HOME. I haven't felt that way in a LONG time! Besides my husband and kids - it is great to know that I have a life, a house, a bed and even a dog that is waiting for me to come home!