July 2023 - Maryland

We flew from Salt Lake back over to Baltimore.  It was more meaningful for me than I would have guessed to be back in my homeland.  We had not been back to Maryland since 2021when we were first moving out to Guam. I missed hearing all the Maryland insects in the evenings.  A bulk of our visit was spent at Bethany Beach with Kory and her girls.  We had a few days with Adrienne and the kids before they went out to the Curry Family gathering in California.  Milton and Rory really connected in their love for construction and engineering.  The boys had several fun evenings with Colton taking them out to the lego store or out golfing.  George II, Cindy, and George III all came to my mom's for dinner which was really fantastic to get to spend some time with them.  Colton, mom, and I went to the temple to do the proxy sealing to parents for my dad with Colton as his proxy and I was proxy for Gladys.  It was really special to be in there with Colton and my mom.  My mom and I also went for an endowment session together. The boys loved playing with Colton's old legos.  My mom bought the boys a big lego train set that they loved.  So much so that we ordered one to get shipped directly to Guam since I knew all the pieces would never make it together.  It was so lovely to get to spend time with my mom in person and the boys having so much fun at her house.