Elder Schvaneveldt

Dale came home Friday, January 20th after serving two years in the Joao Pessoa Brazil mission!  Laura made the comment how weird it was to see our brother struggling to speak English and being able to fluently speak another.  So true! 

Originally I planned on taking Natalie and Lucy with me to the airport and to leave the two older kids in school.  The weather was absolutely terrible and it ended up that school was cancelled. I thought I might not even make it to the airport myself with all the snow.  The roads cleared up and I was so glad that I was able to take all the kids.  It was really fun.  Our power was still out so we spent the rest of the day in Bellevue hanging out and enjoying Dale.  Kara's family was trying to make it to the airport also but with all the bad weather the roads were closed. They made it here later that night and with the cousins in town it became one BIG, LOUD party.

Katie and Laura made these really cute signs for the kids to hold.  While we were waiting for Dale's plane to land Katie was holding the "We love you" sign.  A bunch of different people would walk up to her and say "Thank you" or "I love you too!"  It was quite comical and a little creepy at the same time!

Dale requested a root beer and a Subway sandwich at the airport that later made him sick!  Not ready to eat American food quite yet, beans and rice for him!!  They did send him home with de-worming pills, isn't that nice?

Cameron was so cute.  He kept saying to me "Wow, Dale is really tall" and "Dale is really funny." He wanted to know right away how many people he taught the gospel to and if he was cold now.

All the sibs that made it to the airport.

When Dale got home, the Christmas tree was still up with some presents.  Mr. Butters was all wrapped up waiting for him.  Sunday we went and listened to him speak in sacrament meeting and the kids loved going to class with cousins.  He did a great job.  Dad had Dale bless the food in Portuguese and the kids thought that it was so cool. We had such a fun weekend with family.  Thanks!!  The kids absolutely love Dale.  They would follow him around and pretty much attack him.  I took a small video of what they did to him the whole weekend.  He was nice enough to let them play with him.  Welcome home!!! We missed you!!