Today is Friday, August 21. I am very glad for Fridays. I love the time to be home with my family on the weekends.

Ryan will be leaving for BYU-Utah on Monday. We have enjoyed having him home when he is here. That man is social! I wish I had that much energy to stay out late at night and still get up early in the morning for work. That work/play ethic will come in handy when he is away at school. Ryan grew a short beard this week. It was reddish in color. I can't remember what color he called it, but I know he did not say red. It is gone now. I don't think we got a picture of it though. I think every RM tries to grow facial hair at least once. We will miss him, but his two years away on a mission has prepared us for letting go.