Ethan-ism

Just wanted to share a funny story...

Ethan decided to come to Utah for a couple of days in between spring and summer classes. Adam and I arranged to meet him at the airport, where he was being dropped off by a shuttle. He texted me to let me know that he was waiting where it said "Rental Cars" and "Passenger Pickup". So, Adam pulls into the lane for Passenger Pickup and Rental Cars, with the rental car offices on the left and the passenger pickup curb on the right. Well, there are numbered segments of the passenger pickup curb, so I texted Ethan to find out which number he's waiting by; he insists that he isn't by a number and that he's "sitting right where it says passenger pickup and rental cars". I scan the area and realization dawns--and sure enough, I spotted Ethan, and then called him to say, "Hey, are you standing right where it says 'Rental Cars' and 'Passenger Pickup' and has a BIG ARROW on it?" Yes, indeed, he was standing on the drop off curb, right near a sign that was directing him to cross the drop off lane go wait by passenger pickup...

Visiting Ethan

Me and my little bro

My two favorite guys--aren't they cute?

My little brother (the baby of the family...who just turned 21! Yikes!) is serving a mission right now for our church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), and he just happens to be serving in Salt Lake City...which is all of 40 minutes away from where my husband and I live. So, we got special permission to stop by and see him, and Friday night, we headed to SLC to visit Ethan and to deliver Christmas presents. We volunteered to deliver presents for the rest of the family, rather than everyone having to pay shipping costs, and a lot of people took us up on that offer, so we delivered 4 boxes and 1 bag worth of Christmas presents. (We were assisted by Adam's parents, who were nice enough to help us carry Ethan's many packages, and take pictures, and in the case of my mother-in-law, give Ethan a hug, saying she'd want someone to hug her sons. Aw, sweet!)

It was great to get to see Ethan, and it's especially great to see how well he's doing and how much he's growing up. Of course, now I'm tempted to use some of my newly acquired free time to sneak back up to SLC and visit again...