"Surprise family!"

Well, I made a surprise visit home recently.  My sister Edith is leaving on a mission for the church, and I went home to surprise her and the family because she'll be gone for 18 months.  I got off work Sunday morning, and got on a plane.  Melinda picked me up and she was the only one in Utah that knew I was coming.  I called home on the drive down from Salt Lake, saying, "I'm sorry I won't be able to be there today."  We showed up at the church building and I got mixed reactions.  My brothers were pretty much like, "Oh.  It's you.  Hey."  Dad did a double take, and was fairly speechless.  Edith was way excited.  Mom's reaction was the best though.  She looked at me not twice, but three times before she realized it was me, and then had a face that was pure shock and delight.  It was like unto the face she made when she caught Herschel in his tighty-whiteys swimming on a vacation. I would show you the tighty-whitey picture, but I've been pretty much blackmailed into never putting it on the internet.

So adventures at home are great, and you never know what you'll get.  This time, we decided to revisit childhood (for some of us) and become flying super heroes.

Mom and Cordell; Edith and Henry; Andrew and Elmina; Herschel and me

Elmina flying!

Edith, Mina, and me