Tyler returned from his nine-month deployment to Afghanistan on September 12th. Of course we were anxious to see him and his sweet family, so Kent and I both flew out on the Thursday before Veteran's day, which was on a Friday this year. I'd been to visit Rachel and the kids in February, but Kent hadn't seen them all year.
It's always fun for the kids to rough house with Daddy and Granddad.
Cuddled up to watch a movie. I thought Sylvia and Kent looking at each other was super cute in this picture.
Reading to the grandchildren.
On Friday we drove up to the new Fort Collins LDS Temple, which was about a two-hour drive.
It was a lovely autumn day.
We took some pictures before Tyler and Rachel went in to do some sealings.
Kent and I watched Andrew and Sylvia while their Mom and Dad went into the temple.
We took the kids to McDonald's so they could play at the indoor playground. I took this photo of them in the tunnel together.
That evening we picked up some supplies at Lowe's to start a kitchen remodel.
Kent, Tyler and Rachel worked on painting the kitchen cupboards while I watched the kids.
Tyler, Rachel and Kent worked all day on Saturday.
We don't have a good "Before" photo, but the cabinets were the commonly used oak color from the 1990's.
The cabinet painting job went pretty quickly with three people working on it, so they decided to put up a stick-on backsplash under the cabinets.
Here's the completed remodel. The wood around the light on the ceiling was also painted white. It had been the same oak wooden color as the cabinets. We all thought the finished product was fantastic!
It's obvious that Tyler is thrilled to be home with his family again.
We took a picture before church on Sunday.
Posing with Sylvia in the fancy new kitchen.
A picture outside the building at church with Sylvia and Andrew.
On Sunday evening we had Chris and Shyrlene Brooks over to dinner. Rachel made a wonderful meal.
A cute picture of Andrew reading a book in his closet with his BYU blanket and BYU pillow.
One other thing we did was to get an updated picture of Sylvia and Andrew for our Carson grandchildren picture.
This picture was so sweet of Andrew being a good big brother to Sylvia.
I went home on Monday morning but Kent stayed until Wednesday to help Tyler with home improvement projects and spend more time with Tyler and Rachel's family.
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