Surprise Gifts!

So, Cindi and I were over at Matt and Sandy's playing pinochle (and they agree that PASSING makes for a much more exciting game - something that Randy and Rachel understand but that Cindi, Crys, Scott, Dave, Sharon, Richard, Peggy, Stu and Jenn have not figured out yet!!), when there was a ring on the doorbell and who should come walzing in? Lauren Elizabeth! She and Dean snuck home again from Seward. So we got to spend the weekend with her. What a joy! We miss her a great deal. It's just hard to get used to her not basically living with us anymore. So when I looked out at the first row today at early service and saw Anna, Lauren, Cindi, David, Bekah and Shawn, well, it MADE my weekend. And the icing on the cake was Bo at the late service! : ) Cindi drove Lauren back to Collinsville just a little bit ago so she and Dean could begin the journey back to Seward.