AUF WIEDERSEHEN GERMANY, HALLO EZRA

Our farewell lunch with our dear team members.

On January 17, 2014, we winged our way back across the ocean to reunite with loved ones and pick up our civilian life again.  It was a joyous reunion at the airport and then a trip to the hospital to meet our newest grandson, Ezra James Busath, born the night before to Natalie and Rich.  We have been busy bonding with the grand kids, catching up with old friends and our new missionary friends that preceded us home.  Change can be the pits though.  We are attending a new ward in Midway, searching for stuff among our boxes of too much stuff and praying for meaningful purpose in this next chapter in our lives.

                         Sister Janna and brother Paul with Elaine. Gordon in the background.

                                                 Three generations of beautiful girls

                                                            Maddie waited for us!

                      Pain au Chocolate from Paul's boulangerie in Paris (our short layover point)

Happy reunion

                                Shy children getting to know their grandpa again,

                                        Gummi bear bribes to break the ice.

                                                   Does it get any better than this?

                                           Flying in the airport with Maddie.

                                                              Some of the boys.

                                                   House warming surprise.

          Andy spent hours making these semi-anatomically correct figures of each family member.                             Notice the missionary tags on Nana and Tada and the upturned ponytail on Maddie, just                        to name a few of the accurate replications.

                    Ezra James wins the race to Salt Lake.  What a sweet and handsome boy!