This is a shout-out to my little brother Garrett who left yesterday to serve a two-year mission for our church in Russia! Two weeks ago he came to visit Diedra and I one last time before he left for the training center and then for Russia in the fall (just when winter starts, which we liked to remind him). While we were playing tourist in DC, we came across an exhibit of award winning National Geographic photographs. I walked past the above one of the monkey, turned to Garrett, and said "hey, that's you!" He promptly fluffed up his hair and posed for one of my favorite pictures of him. And don't worry, he has this developed into an 8x10 and hung it on the wall at home to remind our parents just how much they love their favorite and only son!

We also had the chance to attend the temple one last time together. It was one of the most beautiful days of DC summer weather ever! Now I'm looking forward to all of Garrett's hilarious and incredible mission stories. And to sending the best care packages ever!